FORMALIZATION Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

formalization

noun

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

Higher fuel prices and transportation costs, along with the ratification of a new contract with its airline pilots that cost roughly $100 million, were the main culprits.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
The city attorney will finalize the formal contract for future council ratification.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of ratification

Noun

Wednesday's sanctions named Indian nationals Suniel Kumar Sharma and his wife Jaspreet Preeti Shahid as operating a large-scale maritime fraud network from their base in Chandigarh.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Depending on what the inquiry finds in the golf case, potential sanctions could include contempt proceedings if a court order was violated, and possible referral of attorneys to disciplinary authorities.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of sanction

Noun

The program aims to strengthen the military’s ability to gather information and support operations from orbit.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
And although Senate Democrats are in the majority, Senate Republicans can still use the filibuster to block almost every bill that lacks bipartisan support.

— Thomas Kahn, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of support

Noun

To buy their votes for the constitutional amendment (which needs 60% approval statewide), Tallahassee will use state tax dollars to subsidize those rural counties.

— Steve Geller, Sun Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
Raman said the police union was rewarding Bass in exchange for her approval of pay raises the city couldn’t afford.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of approval

Noun

That inspired a late-breaking police union endorsement and a surge of corporate cash for McKinney, boosting him to a second-place finish and knocking out Feldstein Soto in a historic rout.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Carpenter has received endorsements from four of the five current Roseville City Council members, including Alvord.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of endorsement

Noun

That proved to be accurate, though finalization will take much longer, giving stockholders and regulators time to voice their feelings about the acquisition.

— Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of finalization

Noun

Ukraine expects to heavily rely on its own army as the main security guarantee with financial backing from its allies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Obama’s formal backing comes after Nixon, who is black, alleged earlier this week that assumptions about Florida being perceived as racist had held back Democratic support for her campaign.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of backing

Noun

Collins voted against the tax law, citing its Medicaid cuts, and eventually opposed the war, but Jackson attempted to frame her as a rubber stamp who only broke with her party when her vote didn’t decide the outcome.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
No matter who is sworn in as mayor next May, the council won’t be reverting to its prior role of rubber stamp.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of rubber stamp

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