How to Use formalize in a Sentence

formalize

verb

• Congress formalized the policy by making it law.
• The company has formalized its hiring practices.
• The vote to formalize the new standards came Thursday in a 13-1 vote from the board.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2021
• The votes are the next step to formalize the 2020 election results.
  — John McCormick, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
• The penalties formalize some of the restrictions placed on the product in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack.
  — Jeff Horwitz, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021
• The move formalizes an agreement that was made last month.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
• The group set out to fundraise for their own set of then-state-of-the-art trunking radios, forming a 501c3 to help formalize the process.
  — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 7 Jan. 2023
• At some point, the top five must formalize to build cohesion within the unit.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
• Psaki is expected to step down from the White House this spring and then formalize a deal with the network.
  — Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• The House impeachment inquiry against Biden was formalized by the full House last month.
  — Brooke Singman, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2024
• This formalized what was long the tradition in baseball and has helped lead to a renaissance of sorts.
  — Jason Parker, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
• Then later this year all the countries that signed the Paris accords will meet again and formalize their new targets.
  — CBS News, 19 Feb. 2021
• Now, the company has formalized its response in the form of a nine-figure lawsuit.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 7 Aug. 2023
• The early signing period, which lately has been the time of choice for many prized prospects to formalize their plans, will open on Dec. 15.
  — New York Times, 4 Dec. 2021
• The 1949 armistice lines, also known as the Green Line, were never formalized into Israeli law.
  — Dahlia Scheindlin, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2024
• Schumer's office stressed that the dress code, while enforced, was never formalized.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2023
• That would keep the stadiums tax off the ballot for now and give the county more time to negotiate and formalize deals with both teams.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• All of these challenges make treatment elusive and hard to formalize.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 23 Jan. 2022
• What this will do is formalize that approach, and while that may be painful for the people who will be shown the door, there aren’t many alternatives here.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
• At the end of the treatment, the ritual acts to formalize this mind-senses activation to bring the person back into the present.
  — Parizaad Khan Sethi, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
• Plans to return to the workplace, or at least formalize hybrid structures, are very much up in the air for many businesses.
  — John Morgan, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• The group will soon formalize and extend that mission by adding a nonprofit arm of the business, De Anda said.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Apr. 2021
• The board will decide when to formalize the decision at its next meeting.
  — The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
• An injunction could formalize the board’s ruling to prevent the nurses from walking off the job.
  — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2021
• The change in policy, for the first time in years, would formalize how the Sheriff’s Department handles news of an inmate’s death.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2021
• My proposal here is to formalize the use of data trusts in code, and bake them into platforms.
  — Jaron Lanier, The Atlantic, 26 May 2022
• The bloc has not been able to formalize a ban because of internal disagreements.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
• At its heart is the worldwide effort to formalize steps to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
  — Sorenson Impact, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
• The reservoir was built in 1967 and Fish and Game formalized the campground to try to limit the damage being done by vehicles, campfires and the lack of restrooms.
  — Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• It was formalized as a unisex seasonal offering from spring 2017, mainly in Japan.
  — Lily Templeton, WWD, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024