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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

New research from the Boston Fed formalizes this intuition.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

“This center formalizes and elevates the Tar Pits’ role as the world’s leading hub for Ice Age research,” Bettison-Varga said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

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

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2023

Feb. 18, 2022: The Fed formalizes a new ethics policy, broadens the scope of what officials can't do and extends the rules to family members.

From Reuters Oct. 4, 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

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

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

The tech titan formalized integration with Alphabet-owned Gemini, accelerating its AI capability without waiting for in-house models, and advanced its hybrid AI architecture, the analysts wrote Tuesday.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 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

Band organization is often described as “egalitarian”: there is no formalized social stratification into upper and lower classes, no formalized or hereditary leadership, and no formalized monopolies of information and decision making.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

The government has taken action to shore up supply, including releasing some of the oil held in emergency storage and a new law formalizing its ability to underwrite additional cargoes of crude and oil products.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 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

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 G.E. Partridge




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