codify
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What it says about America: Wartime nostalgia and postwar domesticity codified the modern American holiday season.
Senate has ratified numerous treaties codifying U.S. duties under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which under the U.S.
Following the Dueñas decision, California lawmakers passed a bill that would have forced courts to determine whether defendants could pay before imposing many remaining fines — effectively codifying the ruling as state law.
From Los Angeles Times
Some elements of the new law will simplify and codify existing best practices.
One challenge is codifying the decades of knowhow held in the brains of Bull and his colleagues.
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