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formalize

[fawr-muh-lahyz] / ˈfɔr məˌlaɪz /


VERB
stylize
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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

Lawmakers should also formalize ESF oversight, putting guardrails around the Treasury’s use of the fund.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

The mechanism, as described by US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, would help formalize and identify what goods the United States should export to and import from China.

From Barron's May 8, 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

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

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

New research from the Boston Fed formalizes this intuition.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

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 new initiative, announced at the Bloomberg CityLab conference in Washington on Wednesday, formalizes a process that CityLab has used for years.

From Seattle Times Oct. 18, 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

He who formalizes on everything is a fool, and a grave fool is perhaps more injurious than a light fool.—Cecil.

From Pearls of Thought by Ballou, Maturin Murray

His appointment as premier, which will be formalized by King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Monday, marks the climax of a steep ascent for a politician who until last month wasn’t even a lawmaker.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 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

More than any other strategist, Marshall has formalized and advanced Wall Street’s understanding of how options let investors better navigate the stock market by managing risk and maximizing return.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 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

We never formalized it, never named it...but on Fridays Aaron would call and ask me to watch movies.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

Of note, China has been formalizing a retaliatory option.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

The White House is considering a cybersecurity-focused executive order that could include formalizing a government oversight group to create standards for the most powerful AI models, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 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

That’s essentially formalizing what’s already happening this year at platforms like Coinbase and Robinhood.

From MarketWatch Feb. 14, 2026

Industrialism itself is perhaps but one manifestation of deep impulses in the life of nations; it is at once an intensification and a formalizing of life.

From The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History by Partridge, G.E.




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