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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
No professors are known to have lost their tenure at Harvard since the 1940s, when the American Association of University Professors formalized rules of termination, according to The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper.
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Viola Flowers, NBC news, 26 May 2025
While markets had long priced in the risks of growing deficits and political dysfunction, the move formalizes what investors already suspected: U.S. debt is no longer risk-free in name, let alone in fact.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 19 May 2025
The partnership was formalized at a signing ceremony this month at San Diego State University, with guests including Vugar Gurbanov, consul general of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles, and Sarkhan Hashimov, a founding member and board member of the Vugar Gashimov Chess Foundation.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
Tentative trial date The plea was formalized before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Zachary James on Wednesday morning and the judge set a tentative trial date of Sept. 8.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
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Viola Flowers, NBC news, 26 May 2025
While markets had long priced in the risks of growing deficits and political dysfunction, the move formalizes what investors already suspected: U.S. debt is no longer risk-free in name, let alone in fact.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 19 May 2025
The partnership was formalized at a signing ceremony this month at San Diego State University, with guests including Vugar Gurbanov, consul general of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles, and Sarkhan Hashimov, a founding member and board member of the Vugar Gashimov Chess Foundation.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2025
Tentative trial date The plea was formalized before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Zachary James on Wednesday morning and the judge set a tentative trial date of Sept. 8.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for formalize
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By exporting its arms abroad, a country is able to improve interoperability with the purchasing parties by standardizing maintenance processes for hardware and creating joint training opportunities.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
17 June 2025
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An effort was launched about 20 years ago to standardize embassy security, covering everything from riot control to minimum gate requirements.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration recently approved three new all-natural dyes for manufacturers to use instead.—
Maria Godoy,
NPR,
17 June 2025
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Last year, Congress overwhelmingly approved legislation to require the divestiture, or TikTok would face a ban on U.S. app stores.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
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Nonfiction entertainment workers who are members of the Writers Guild of America East have ratified a first union agreement with prestige documentary company Story Syndicate.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2025
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The Bluegrass State didn't symbolically ratify the 13th Amendment until March 18, 1976 − when Gerald Ford was president.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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Ralphs’ death was confirmed in a statement from his representative, though no exact date or cause of death was given.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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This weekend, the woman was confirmed as the man’s partner, 28-year-old Russian national Anastasia Trofimova (who is not the documentarian of the same name), and the child, their 11-month-old daughter Andromeda.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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The two married in 1993 in Seattle and were married for 25 years before their divorce was finalized in 2019.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Roughly six weeks before the A-listers finalized their divorce in late December, a Los Angeles judge ruled in favor of Pitt’s bid to bring the winery case to trial.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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“Formalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formalize. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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