finalize
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Tonight, Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
So now the big question is whether the negotiators can finalize that agreement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
US and Canadian negotiators resumed trade talks shortly after midday Thursday, as both countries push to finalize a deal to avert new tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ellison is looking to finalize his massive Hollywood deal — folding CNN, HBO, TBS, Food Network and the Warner Bros. film and television studios under Paramount — as quickly as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Because land tenure was a contentious issue in Peru, he had asked Dobyns to finalize the lease and learn more about the estate’s history.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Paramount agreed to pay $.25 a share for every quarter until the acquisition finalizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The decision finalizes this phase of the explosive, yearslong case that has pitted the environmental organization against the company Energy Transfer, opening the door to an appeals process in the closely watched legal saga.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
“The divestment of our European onshore platform finalizes the divestment program that we’ve laid out, and we’ve now substantially strengthened Orsted’s financial position,” Orsted Chief Financial Officer Trond Westlie said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Once the court finalizes custody of the 13-year-old, my aunt plans to request that the husband be required to sell the house and distribute the proceeds to my cousin’s two boys.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025
Like Thousand Oaks, temporary facilities will be in place while the team finalizes plans on a permanent facility in Woodland Hills, where owner Stan Kroenke bought 100 acres last year.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
The NBA announced in October after the sale was finalized that Buss would be the team’s governor for at least five years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Bloomberg said Cohen has not yet finalized any decision.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The markets “await confirmation that a deal has been finalized between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,” the head of FX Strategy says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Though they aren’t due to be finalized before later this month, the preliminary combined rate is about 25%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
But that Hudson went away when his parents’ divorce was finalized on April 1 after twenty years of marriage.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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“We’re finalizing that at the moment, benchmarking what’s reasonable,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Canada’s minister in charge of U.S. trade said Ottawa and Washington are “very close” to finalizing an agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, who is overseeing the high-profile case, issued a temporary restraining order to block the merger from finalizing while the two sides hash out the evidence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín dealt the company a blow on Monday when she temporarily blocked Paramount from finalizing the acquisition until mid-August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Only a few people knew of his presence in Floyd McKissick’s house, where Callis Brown and other NCC students were finalizing plans for a sit-in at a Durham lunch counter.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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