formalize
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Microfinance’s breakneck expansion in Cambodia in the early 2010s coincided with a government push to formalize land ownership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
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
The mechanism, as described by US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, would help formalize and identify what goods the United States should export to and import from China.
From Barron's ● May 8, 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
He promised he’d formalize the relationship when the time was right.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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“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
This shift largely formalizes what the Biden administration had already been doing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
Tuesday’s announcement essentially formalizes what has already been happening across the industry this year.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
To maintain the benefits of harvesting wild foods, we should take a One Health approach that formalizes the links between medicine and the environment.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 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
Critics of the plan want these pledges in writing, and McHugh said they are currently being formalized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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
Internal conflict resolution within states has become increasingly formalized by laws, a judiciary, and police.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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
The White House is considering a cybersecurity-focused executive order that could include formalizing a government oversight group to create standards for the most powerful AI models, such as Mythos, people familiar with the discussions said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
“It’s more complicated now because China has moved toward formalizing these rules. The threat is omnipresent and it’s sometimes used in unforeseen ways.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 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
It was complemented by logical symbolism and logical calculus, very successful in formalizing dualism, and in eliminating logical models not fitting the dualistic structure.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
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The Classical Period, c. 600 BCE to c. 600 CE
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The Postclassical Period, c. 600 CE to c. 1450
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