Sentence examples for help to legitimize from inspiring English sources

-Will their presence help to legitimize the elections?

William J. Keith of Philadelphia warned that by casting a vote for a candidate you regard as a punch line, you help to legitimize him or her.

"Although we think political consultants are not currently aware of this ironic effect, we clearly know regulators did not mean to help to legitimize negative and often misleading ads," Critcher said.

The elections are widely seen as a turning point, both for the Americans, who hope they will help to legitimize the government here and reduce the violence, and for the insurgents, who hope to discredit the American effort.

Richard T. Evans, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, said that the declaration would help to legitimize the business of making copycat versions of brand name drugs in many developing countries, and some companies will probably never be able to make money in those countries.

In the long run, it may help to legitimize the industry bringing it closer to the financial mainstream.

Relieved court officials say he has helped to legitimize the process by fully engaging with it.

But her insistence on propriety helped to legitimize a profession previously deemed suspect.

Law has helped to legitimize Guantánamo without altering the reality of the prisoners' continued confinement.

It confers on Russia a "success by association," helping to legitimize Putin's domestic and foreign policies.

The year he retired, the former N.B.A. star Stephon Marbury was starring in — and helping to legitimize — the Chinese Basketball Association.