finalized

past tense of finalize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of finalized Kardashian filed for divorce from Ye in February 2021, and the proceedings were finalized with a settlement in November 2022. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026 While various ideas are under discussion, People reported that no documentary has been finalized or confirmed. — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The specifics of how CNN will plug into and operate in the new company have yet to be finalized – hardly surprising given that serious discussions could only begin after Paramount’s anti-trust settlement a few days ago. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 Underline supporters needed to get a deal before commissioners finalized the 2027 budget that night. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026 He was also previously married to Jennifer Garner from 2005 until their divorce was finalized in 2018. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2026 The Brooklyn Museum and AFAM finalized four-year contracts this week, while the Guggenheim and Jewish Museum unions ratified their agreements in September. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 In October 2025, South Korea’s Supreme Court finalized the divorce but sent the ruling on the division of property back to a lower court for reconsideration. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026 The two were at the top of the list of contenders for the pavilion commission — what in the past was considered a career-defining honor — though their contract was never finalized. — Kim Córdova, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finalized
Verb
  • In addition, only officers who have completed one of five specific agency training courses can conduct vehicle stops.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • These ballots will be processed and counted once the county elections office has completed the voter registration verification process.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • No drugs in this class are approved to treat obesity in children under 12, even though GLP-1 prescriptions for children between 8 and 11 have increased more than 300-fold since 2019.
    — STAT, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The city’s initial agreement with the developers, approved by the council last September, laid out a range of possible public funding mechanisms the city may consider.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • If City has its three league titles taken away from it, what happens to the teams that finished second that year?
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Invaders may have finished off some of the great ancient civilizations, but only after they had been weakened by drought, famine, disease, flooding and internal divisions that catastrophe often sparks.
    — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Guggenheim Museum union, which organized in 2021 and includes approximately 150 curators, conservators, educators, and public programmers, ratified its first contract in 2023, a two-and-a-half-year agreement.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Congress passed the amendment in 1919, and the states ratified it in 1920.
    — Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • An official confirmed that Israel had scrambled warplanes, fearing a hijacking.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
  • British Film Editors, of which Grover was a longtime board member, confirmed the news on social media but didn’t not provide a cause of death.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Finalized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finalized. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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