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  • verb Present participle of formalize.

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Examples

  • The formalizing is as far as I am aware about patronizing or anything like that, it is simply about saying "let's flirt, you game?"

    Quick Hit: Waiter Weirdness - Feministing 2008

  • Darwinists don't seem to be all that interested in formalizing the bedrock claim that evolution is non-teleological.

    Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It? 2006

  • Darwinists don't seem to be all that interested in formalizing the bedrock claim that evolution is non-teleological.

    Analogy, How Scientifically Powerful is It? 2006

  • The new practice is described as formalizing what has been a collaborative initiative backed by IBM Global Business Services (GBS), the IBM Software Group and IBM Research, which are said to have already completed some 400 analytics - and optimization-related engagements within the last year alone.

    Intelligent Enterprise 2009

  • If you fit one of these categories, you might want to consider 'formalizing' your insurance claim by mailing, return receipt requested, a Proof of Loss to all of your storm-related casualty insurance companies.

    Archive 2004-11-01 Beach Blogger 2004

  • If you fit one of these categories, you might want to consider 'formalizing' your insurance claim by mailing, return receipt requested, a Proof of Loss to all of your storm-related casualty insurance companies.

    Proof of Loss Beach Blogger 2004

  • By recognizing and formalizing new kinds of legal professionals, we could ensure high quality of service through professional oversight bodies.

    Access to Legal Services: Lessons from the Medical Profession (Part 3 of 3) : Law is Cool 2009

  • But we see it starting to happen in other parts of math, as well -- Thomas Hales is formalizing his proof of the Kepler conjecture, because it was too large and complex to fully peer review.

    Memetic Suicide, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • In Nashville, Mayor Karl Dean signed an Executive Order formalizing Nashville's "Complete Streets" policy, which ensures that public streets are built to accommodate all modes of transportation, including walking, bicycling and mass transit.

    LarryCohen: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Repeal Larry 2010

  • When Mr. ElBaradei returned to Egypt in February 2010 to lead an alliance of opposition groups, many of them youth-driven, the Muslim Brotherhood backed him, formalizing a partnership that had already gelled among the rank and file.

    'Brothers' in Egypt Present Two Faces Charles Levinson 2011

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