regularize
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Among other things, it would create a legal pathway for immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens to regularize their status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Along with a more expansive group of retail and payments partners, Google announced its Agent Payments Protocol, an open standard that the company hopes will accelerate and regularize AI shopping across retail sites.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Late last year, the government began a countrywide reconciliation drive meant to regularize the status of Assad-linked personnel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2025
The rest are eventually released with a self-expulsion order, unable to work or regularize their situation.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
Minor changes have been made to regularize punctuation and to correct typesetters’ errors; otherwise, every effort has been made to remain true to the author’s words and intent.
From Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians by Nohl, Louis
The agreement regularizes the status of seven bishops who had been appointed by Beijing over the years without papal consent, and sets out a process of dialogue going forward to name new ones.
From Fox News ● Sep. 26, 2018
Once she regularizes her documents, the authorities might let her back in, but if she was in a condition in which she needed frequent attention, it might be better if she were near you.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2018
Under the guise of regulating the shuttles, the program regularizes the status quo – allowing the private buses to continue using the approximately 200 bus stops it already uses for a nominal fee.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2014
Once the player regularizes his status in Europe and gains experience, it is easier for him to move from one team to another.
From Reuters ● Jun. 6, 2010
It has discovered the gradual excitements of which it is susceptible; it regularizes its action, and has fixed limits, which a man who respects himself will never pass.
From The Physiology of Taste by Robinson, Fayette
The State Department urged China to "engage in meaningful arms control discussions and commit to a regularized notification arrangement for all intercontinental-range ballistic missile and space launches."
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Vatican efforts toward reconciliation led to its willingness to sign what it admits is a far-from-ideal accord in 2018, which regularized the status of several bishops and paved the way for future nominations.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
When Xi took office in 2012, the smooth transfer of power was seen as a sign that China’s political system had evolved from personal rule toward a system of regularized leadership transitions.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2022
The people detained would either be sent home or given the chance to have their stay in Mexico regularized, it added.
From Reuters ● Nov. 20, 2021
For the first time, life was regularized, with division of labor and communal efforts, such as defense and public works projects.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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Massa said that the agency would from Thursday begin regularizing programs and coordinating with various provinces and industrial sector, adding Argentina already counted on demand for projects linked to the agro-industrial sector.
From Reuters ● Jan. 26, 2023
Migrants have repeatedly expressed skepticism about receiving documentation regularizing them in Mexico, and organizers say another caravan is already about to depart from Tapachula, a major migrant massing point close to the border with Guatemala.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2021
Now, under pressure from advocacy groups and some lawmakers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering ways to recognize their contributions, including regularizing their legal status.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 11, 2020
At the very least you need to increase this woman’s pay to the legal minimum and also talk to her about regularizing her employment.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2014
"Well," the Ambassador told himself, "the regularizing principle has been doing pretty well, keeping it all down, smoothing out the inconsistencies—"
From Diplomatic Immunity by Sheckley, Robert