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But the settlements formalize the about face—and come with financial penalties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The authors recommended that the county update its County Recovery Plan, including a disaster debris plan, as well as formalize a disaster recovery center coordinator position and create a one-stop web platform for post-disaster services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Microfinance’s breakneck expansion in Cambodia in the early 2010s coincided with a government push to formalize land ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

“If we’re committed,” I said, as evenly as I could muster, “why wouldn’t we formalize that commitment? What part of your dignity would be sacrificed by that?”

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

But the $120,000 purchase formalizes and guarantees future access.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

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

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

County formalized a local brigade program — which has existed in various forms as guerrilla groups of good Samaritans for decades — in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

But we did — around the Declaration of Independence and the belief in individual liberty and equality, as formalized in the Bill of Rights.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The notion that motion pictures could make a record of real-world events was formalized with the advent of the newsreel, the creation of which is credited to the French studio Pathé in 1910.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

Convinced of the essential uselessness of formalized education, he had retreated from civilization.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

But some Israeli defense analysts have also proposed formalizing and expanding Mahal to recruit more volunteers like Shneider.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

That streak may end this Wednesday as the Scott Bessent-led department is expected to update this language in its policy statement, formalizing the “preliminary” considerations for hikes mentioned in the previous announcement.

From Barron's ● May 4, 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