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formalize

[fawr-muh-lahyz] / ˈfɔr məˌlaɪz /


VERB
stylize
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Their results, presented at a visualization science conference, formalize Schrödinger's model of color and show that these familiar color qualities are built into the structure of color perception itself.

From Science Daily Jun. 7, 2026

Local officials are hopeful the money can help prevent future upticks in land movement and, ideally, formalize a new pathway for additional federal funding to address the city’s ongoing hazards and worsening budget crisis.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

The U.A.E. has previously flirted with leaving the cartel, and the Iran war may be a convenient time to formalize the divorce.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

They encouraged him to formalize his camp by making it a Safe Outdoor Space, the very program he’d had a hand in creating barely two years prior.

From Slate Mar. 25, 2026

He promised he’d formalize the relationship when the time was right.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

This shift largely formalizes what the Biden administration had already been doing.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

While the executive order formalizes a parallel overlay of the federal government in the form of Musk's DOGE, it still does not clearly define its legal status.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2025

The order, which formalizes the bank's previously announced plans, prohibits the bank from distributing capital or dissipating cash assets without regulatory approval.

From Reuters Jun. 1, 2023

The move formalizes another piece in the order of negotiations for the film and television business’ top collective bargaining units.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2023

It widens the scope of history, and more precisely formalizes its functions.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various

Some companies are now offering a formalized version of these if-you-know-you-know chats.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Elora Mukherjee: The metering policy was first implemented by DHS in 2016 and then it was formalized into written guidance in 2018.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2026

Since the Waters center formalized the partnership in 2021, one other adult school has adopted the arrangement and a second will do so soon.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

The holiday was formalized through an order issued by prominent Civil War general John Alexander Logan External link in 1868.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

In 1474 the republic of Venice formalized its own patent system by requiring that those wanting to claim a monopoly first register their new inventions with the state.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Abreu lobbied to make El Sistema part of the Venezuelan government, formalizing music education as a human right.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Of note, China has been formalizing a retaliatory option.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

An executive order could include formalizing a government oversight group to create standards for the most powerful AI models, such as Anthropic’s Mythos, people familiar with the discussions said.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

And it just seemed like we were so clearly making a bunch of choices, specifically not to let profit be the motivation, that it started to seem very silly that we weren’t just formalizing this.

From Slate Mar. 22, 2026

Heine had resorted to the formalizing of their union under the pressure of one of those circumstances which compel a man to think more of a woman than of an idea.

From Old Love Stories Retold by Richard Le Gallienne




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