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as in standardizes
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 ratifies
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 formalizes
Go to Jail Expansion formalizes the role for corruption.
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Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Researchers like me, who study death and dying, hoped that such scenes would spur more Americans to embrace end-of-life planning by discussing their wishes with family members and by completing an advance directive, which formalizes those wishes into a legal document.
—Anisah Bagasra, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Officials state an agreement has been in place for years, but the new pact formalizes and modernizes the arrangement.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
But analysts of Russian policy in the Middle East said the treaty only formalizes the existing state of affairs in a region where Russia has to be careful to remain friendly with various players that are at odds with each other.
—Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The appointment comes as Trinity Laban formalizes its partnership with KMMC, allowing students to split studies between Chennai and London.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Biofuel agriculture also formalizes land tenure where land relationships have been more fluid and ancestral.
—Aissa Dearing, Big Think, 28 Nov. 2024
Essentially, a deed is what formalizes the change of hands when property is sold, gifted, or transferred.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Researchers like me, who study death and dying, hoped that such scenes would spur more Americans to embrace end-of-life planning by discussing their wishes with family members and by completing an advance directive, which formalizes those wishes into a legal document.
—Anisah Bagasra, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Officials state an agreement has been in place for years, but the new pact formalizes and modernizes the arrangement.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
But analysts of Russian policy in the Middle East said the treaty only formalizes the existing state of affairs in a region where Russia has to be careful to remain friendly with various players that are at odds with each other.
—Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The appointment comes as Trinity Laban formalizes its partnership with KMMC, allowing students to split studies between Chennai and London.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Biofuel agriculture also formalizes land tenure where land relationships have been more fluid and ancestral.
—Aissa Dearing, Big Think, 28 Nov. 2024
Essentially, a deed is what formalizes the change of hands when property is sold, gifted, or transferred.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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