as in to invalidate
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Meta's policies do not allow ads that prematurely claim victory or attempt to delegitimize the election.
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Sara Fischer, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
If Israel is delegitimized—a big word inside Israel—are Jews more vulnerable?
—Karl Vick, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
But while elections officials in more than a dozen swing-state counties said safeguards are in place to prevent interference, they and elections experts warned of a bigger threat: delegitimizing the process.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2024
McConnell, whose brief was authored by former Attorney General Bill Barr and other lawyers, argued in support of the DOJ, saying that the lower court undermined congressional authority by delegitimizing Congress’s passage of the spending bill.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Oct. 2024
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Sara Fischer, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
If Israel is delegitimized—a big word inside Israel—are Jews more vulnerable?
—Karl Vick, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
But while elections officials in more than a dozen swing-state counties said safeguards are in place to prevent interference, they and elections experts warned of a bigger threat: delegitimizing the process.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 16 Oct. 2024
McConnell, whose brief was authored by former Attorney General Bill Barr and other lawyers, argued in support of the DOJ, saying that the lower court undermined congressional authority by delegitimizing Congress’s passage of the spending bill.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Delegitimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegitimize. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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