FORMALIZATION Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

formalization

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Definition of formalization

as in ratification

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Recent Examples of formalization There’s a lot of, that’s right, formalization that goes into these arguments. — Quanta Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026 The private office should name that plainly than suggest formalization is costless. — Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 However, farmers often cannot realize the potentially higher prices organic produce can fetch because of a lack of marketing opportunities and formalization. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 Useful formalization by design This is not AxiomProver’s first rodeo. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026 Workers had demanded a formalization of bonuses in their contracts, the scrapping of bonus caps, and a payout of 15% of Samsung's operating profits as bonuses. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 May 2026 Scalping tickets wasn’t new, of course, but Kahn believed that its formalization online provided sports teams, and other entertainment businesses, with valuable information about demand that could enable them to make more money without alienating their most loyal fans. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 This translation, known as formalization, can sometimes take months or even years. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Six months later, the ratification of the 13th Amendment permanently ended slavery in the United States.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
But conservative opposition parties joined forces to reject the ratification of the measures in parliament on Friday.

— Joseph Wilson, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of ratification

Noun

Shaheen and Wicker in their letter sent late Tuesday are urging the administration to take several specific steps to impose the sanctions regime.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
As the impact of the sanctions kicked in, Huawei's consumer business — once the company's largest by revenue — halved to about $34 billion in 2021 from the year before.

— Matthew Tan,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of sanction

Noun

The actors Nael Nacer and Artemis Pebdani double as Haddad’s great-aunt and -uncle and parents, playing across a spectrum of discomfort and cautious support.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
Its adaptable architecture supports missions including tactical logistics, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, casualty evacuation, communications support and other mission-critical applications.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of support

Noun

His latest promise — which, like the others, would require approval from Congress — would probably cost more than $1 trillion, adding to the ballooning deficit and worsening inflation.

— Melissa Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
In Massachusetts and Maine, that approval is also contingent on the federal government finding a long-term solution to the seemingly intractable problem of storing radioactive nuclear waste.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of approval

Noun

Her endorsement list also includes former bosses Ros-Lehtinen and Bovo, both of whom have donated to her campaign, and her current boss, FIU president Nuñez.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
About half of Democratic primary voters in Charlotte are Black, making the BPC an influential group in local politics and its endorsements among the most coveted.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of endorsement

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This rule, which is still subject to finalization, would prevent future administrations from regulating power plant emissions to fight climate change, an EPA official told reporters on a call Monday.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
According to researchers, the control architecture is organized as a sequence of states, including takeoff, searching, touch detection, approach, positioning, rotation, finalization, perching, and abort.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of finalization

Noun

For Rebeca Aguilar, head of international distribution at Movistar Plus, co-productions offer more than financial backing.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Greep — who eventually came to the stage an hour later than scheduled, and without his backing band — addressed the accusation on the flyers to begin the Vancouver show.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of backing

Noun

Chapek’s apparent rubber stamp by the Disney board, followed by his rocky tenure, was used as ammunition by activist investor Nelson Peltz in a bruising proxy fight with the Mouse House.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
To further complicate matters, the FISA court system, meant to serve as a check on executive power, served more as a rubber stamp.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of rubber stamp

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