make official

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Instead, I would replace all of the recent committee reports and neutrality pledges with something like this: “The university or its departments should make official statements only when doing so advances their mission.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

In the meantime, the new council is not able to govern or make official decisions until the matter is resolved.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

She said the agreement signed this week by players, the federation and the Spanish government to make official some of the changes that they had demanded was an important step forward.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

The foreign ministers of South Korea and Nepal will make official visits to China this month, said Hua Chunying, spokesperson at the Chinese foreign ministry, on Friday.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2022

For years, we had been able to talk for hours a day; now we had to make official requests and appointments, and our conversations were monitored.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela