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finalize

[fahyn-l-ahyz] / ˈfaɪn lˌaɪz /


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The agreement repeatedly cites a set of “Implementation Documents” that will finalize the U.S. ownership stake and the rights of unnamed investors.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

It wants a formal agreement to give international forces legal authority to operate in Gaza later on, and another to finalize Gaza water and sanitation arrangements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Buschatzke said Arizona is “strongly committed” to this deal and is in talks to finalize the details.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The merger could finalize by early next month, capping the 43-year-old tech scion’s meteoric rise into one of Hollywood’s most influential figures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Friday morning there’s a message from Kyro in the announcements, commanding all track members to report to his room at lunch to return uniforms and finalize banquet plans.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Rackspace Technology finalizes a deal with Advanced Micro Devices to use its chips for Rackspace’s AI cloud, causing shares to surge.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

That includes the shares held by SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, which he will be barred from selling for a year and a day after SpaceX finalizes its prospectus paperwork.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026

Once the state finalizes the Zone Zero rules, they could take effect as early as July 7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

“The divestment of our European onshore platform finalizes the divestment program that we’ve laid out, and we’ve now substantially strengthened Orsted’s financial position,” Orsted Chief Financial Officer Trond Westlie said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Like Thousand Oaks, temporary facilities will be in place while the team finalizes plans on a permanent facility in Woodland Hills, where owner Stan Kroenke bought 100 acres last year.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

Broadcom and Anthropic finalized a $63 billion debt deal to finance artificial-intelligence infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

A deal could be finalized as soon as this week and could value Instacart at around $17 billion, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

A draft of that review, which was completed in 2024 but not finalized, gave top marks to the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

She started by making simple shapes like a stuffed orange, pear and an eggplant, working her way up to the finalized baby gift: a stuffed whale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

She was one of the world’s foremost experts on Greek sculpture, and she was in Los Angeles visiting the Getty just before the museum finalized the deal with Becchina.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

The band struggled to pin down the final track list, finalizing it barely a month ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The transportation authority is finalizing a study in the coming weeks that evaluates strategies for protecting the seven miles of railroad through Dana Point and San Clemente for the next 30 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

OpenAI said it was "actively finalizing contracts" with third-party safety assessors and would announce details in the coming weeks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

It may also be, as you say, that she never got around to finalizing her wishes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

His goal was to expose them at close quarters to the charismatic energy of his protege Ernest Lawrence, and he was surely successful at finalizing their approval for the cyclotron grant.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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