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On the other side of the aisle, Nicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute recently complained that the administration's June financial-regulatory proposal actually "formalizes" the too-big-to-fail pathology by providing loans, purchasing assets, guaranteeing liabilities, and making equity investments in faltering giant firms.

Lecturing Bernanke 2009

The agreement between the two institutions "formalizes" a relationship that's been in the works for a while, according to the release.

Morning Sentinel News 2010

"I think it probably kind of formalizes what goes on for the most part now."

ESPNsoccernet 2009

"I think it probably kind of formalizes what goes on for the most part now."

ESPNsoccernet 2009

"I think it probably kind of formalizes what goes on for the most part now."

Brownsville Herald : By NOAH TRISTER, The Associated Press 2009

The move formalizes an action the agency first threatened nine months ago.

EPA vetoes water permit for W.Va. mountaintop mine 2011

The move formalizes an action the agency first threatened nine months ago.

EPA vetoes water permit for W.Va. mountaintop mine 2011

This neighborly weave of life is tight-knit, obligated, and real -- but no contract, commitment, or any reasonable expectation of negotiated, shared decision-making formalizes it.

Pamela Haag, Ph.D.: The Neighbor Break-Up Ph.D. Pamela Haag 2011

Palestinian negotiators say their resolution simply formalizes that long-held U.S. foreign policy position.

U.N. Vote on Israel Puts U.S. in a Bind Jay Solomon 2011

Rather than marking a shift in strategy, the document formalizes the approach to fighting terrorism that the administration has taken since President Barack Obama came to office in 2009, and continues many elements used by his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Al Qaeda Remains Top Threat to U.S. Keith Johnson 2011