codify

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What it says about America: Wartime nostalgia and postwar domesticity codified the modern American holiday season.

From The Wall Street Journal

Senate has ratified numerous treaties codifying U.S. duties under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which under the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

One challenge is codifying the decades of knowhow held in the brains of Bull and his colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal