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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
formalize .
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Examples
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On the other side of the aisle, Nicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute recently complained that the administration's June financial-regulatory proposal actually "formalizes" the too-big-to-fail pathology by providing loans, purchasing assets, guaranteeing liabilities, and making equity investments in faltering giant firms.
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The agreement between the two institutions "formalizes" a relationship that's been in the works for a while, according to the release.
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"I think it probably kind of formalizes what goes on for the most part now."
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"I think it probably kind of formalizes what goes on for the most part now."
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"I think it probably kind of formalizes what goes on for the most part now."
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The move formalizes an action the agency first threatened nine months ago.
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The move formalizes an action the agency first threatened nine months ago.
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This neighborly weave of life is tight-knit, obligated, and real -- but no contract, commitment, or any reasonable expectation of negotiated, shared decision-making formalizes it.
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Palestinian negotiators say their resolution simply formalizes that long-held U.S. foreign policy position.
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Rather than marking a shift in strategy, the document formalizes the approach to fighting terrorism that the administration has taken since President Barack Obama came to office in 2009, and continues many elements used by his predecessor, George W. Bush.
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