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as in to standardize
to make agree with a single established standard or model
we'll need to formalize our research results before we submit our study for review
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as in to approve
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
the plan has yet to be formalized by the city council
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Recent Examples of formalize
The guru-chela relation formalizes their identity in a castelike structure and includes ritual elements such as formal initiation and renaming.
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Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
The agreement signed by the organizations last week formalizes plans in the organizations’ letter of intent announced in March.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
This agreement also formalizes and significantly expands upon the parties’ October 2025 Letter of Intent, extending the original ten-year framework into a 15-year binding contract with two additional five-year extension options.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
That business relationship was formalized this month with Riot BBQ becoming the main food vendor at the saloon, 5607 US-85, Sedalia.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 May 2026
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Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
The agreement signed by the organizations last week formalizes plans in the organizations’ letter of intent announced in March.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026
This agreement also formalizes and significantly expands upon the parties’ October 2025 Letter of Intent, extending the original ten-year framework into a 15-year binding contract with two additional five-year extension options.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
That business relationship was formalized this month with Riot BBQ becoming the main food vendor at the saloon, 5607 US-85, Sedalia.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for formalize
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This also will help provide transparency needed to guide infrastructure investment and scale recycling technologies, while also standardizing shared definitions, material taxonomies and reporting to ensure industry-wide compliance.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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Residency programs are guided by a set of core competencies intended to standardize assessment across training environments.—
Vanessa Grubbs,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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Crucially, the documents insist that Patriot Front members only use propaganda, including slogans, logos and imagery, created by the group’s innermost leadership and approved by Rousseau himself.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Officials in Seattle voted to approve a one-year moratorium on new large-scale artificial intelligence data centers to allow time for the city to regulate the projects.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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The 19th Amendment to give women the right to vote was not ratified until 1920.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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And although the Bill of Rights came soon after, ever since the First Amendment was ratified, Americans have had to continually, sometimes aggressively, insist on their right to free expression in the face of political pressure.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office will release the deceased man’s identity once it is confirmed and his next of kin is notified.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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Whatever the timeline of the relationships and how much overlap there was has never been confirmed.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
2 June 2026
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The biggest of these is that trades of blockchain-base stocks can settle almost instantly, versus a conventional process that relies on Wall Street intermediaries that require a day or more to finalize a transaction.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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The report is based on responses by 258 private, nonprofit colleges last fall, meaning that its results should be regarded as preliminary since it was completed before final enrollment numbers and financial aid totals were finalized.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Formalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formalize. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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