The phrase "a legitimate possibility" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing options or scenarios that are valid and feasible within a given context.
Example: "Given the current circumstances, pursuing a remote work arrangement is a legitimate possibility for our team."
Alternatives: "a valid option" or "a credible chance".
This time, it's a legitimate possibility".
Whether lacing up his gloves was simply naïveté or a legitimate possibility is unclear.
This is one scenario that impressive advances in self-driving vehicle technology have turned into a legitimate possibility in the not-so-distant future.
Given that the category has seen boomlets for everything from snail slime to crystal face rollers, this should be considered a legitimate possibility.
Penders has joined an elite fraternity of coaches, including Lon Kruger, Rick Pitino and Eddie Sutton, who guided four colleges to the N.C.A.A. tournament, but there is a legitimate possibility that Penders, 64, may still lose his job.
Our minivans were equipped with DVDs about how not to get trodden on by an elephant, something which had fleetingly crossed my mind before but was now crystallised as a legitimate possibility.
But with Alderson saying in Fort Myers, Fla., that Perez was a "very legitimate possibility" to become the Mets' left-handed relief specialist and that the competition for Castillo's second-base position was still open, the conversation is unlikely to die down.
They'll be able to make this argument as long as there's some legitimate possibility of a non-time-barred prosecution in some jurisdiction.
In an accompanying article, Maria Zuber, a geophysicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the study raised "the legitimate possibility that, after the giant impact, our Earth perhaps fleetingly possessed more than one moon.
Bob Costas will be a free agent in midsummer when his contract ends, raising the legitimate possibility that he and NBC Sports will part.
Yes, there is some legitimate possibility that it would reduce commitments to cut emissions, but there's also some possibility that it could substantially reduce climate risk over this century.
