formalize
Example Sentences
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Early last year, the FCC — then back under Democrat control — voted to formalize a national standard for internet service to prevent the blocking or slowing of information delivered over broadband internet lines.
From Los Angeles Times
On Monday, the board of the California Assn. of Racing Fairs was formalizing its decision to withdraw its application for a racing meeting from Dec. 25 to June 10 at Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack.
From Los Angeles Times
When the illegal cuttings left some areas too thinned out, Colorado’s San Isabel National Forest decided to formalize the process with permits.
From Los Angeles Times
This contrasts with the Western nuclear family model, where learning is often centered around parents or teachers in a formalized school setting.
From Science Daily
All of this might have remained in the realm of intellectual exploit had Tanton not begun to formalize and evangelize his beliefs.
From Salon
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