How to Use finalize in a Sentence

finalize

verb

• We bought our tickets and finalized our vacation plans.
• They are finalizing their divorce this week.
• Once the recipe was finalized, the dessert joined the restaurant menu in 1972 and later spread to the masses.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
• What twists and turns await as the team tries to finalize its move to Las Vegas?
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
• The adoption for their youngest child was finalized in April.
  — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023
• Still to be finalized is the language in draft leases, most of which span 15 years.
  — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
• The menu for the June dinners is still being finalized, Mullins said.
  — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2024
• The name change will be finalized if approved in a second vote May 9.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
• This was the last chance, Biden told him, insisting that it be made clear to Hamas that time was up and the hostage deal had to be finalized.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
• The judge will then finalize the terms of the settlement after the hearing.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2024
• The goal, the party says, is to give the government enough time to finalize Khan’s ban from politics ahead of the vote.
  — Shaiq Hussain, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
• The Indians’ full first class is set to be finalized in the coming weeks.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2023
• The cast and schedules for the remakes are being finalized.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
• The announcement finalized changes first proposed in 2022 that mark the first updates to the program in a decade.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
• One of the main things to stay relevant is to finalize your plans, not leave them halfway.
  — Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2024
• The plan still has to be finalized in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
  — Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
• The agreement was later finalized in court and the lawsuit was dismissed in April.
  — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 9 June 2023
• The rule, finalized this month, comes at a critical time.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2024
• The company’s plans have not been finalized and could change, a spokesperson for Mod said.
  — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
• That was the beginning of an eight-year divorce, which was finalized last year.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 31 Jan. 2024
• The tour and Saudi Arabia’s wealth funds set a Dec. 31 deadline to finalize their deal, though the sides can extend their talks.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• Kris and Caitlyn tied the knot in April 1991, one month after her divorce from Robert Sr. was finalized.
  — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
• The school board will meet again Monday to finalize a settlement with Wright.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
• The rejection came before the new script was even finalized.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Musk and investors are expected to finalize terms in the next couple weeks, the people said.
  — Lizette Chapman, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2024
• The Royals declined comment since details of the deal have not been finalized.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024
• The team has released video cut-ups of draft-room discussions just before the pick was finalized.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2024
• The request for proposals will go out even though the ship’s design hasn’t been finalized.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Construction of the solar and wind sites could begin in the next six months, although locations have not been finalized, according to Ridge.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2024
• But Thanga expects that, after the design is finalized (which could yet take years), it could be built and assembled faster and cheaper than the International Space Station.
  — Ayurella Horn-Muller Syris Valentine, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024