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formalize

 verb
     
for‧mal‧ize also formalise British English [transitive]
BP to make a plan, decision, or idea official, especially by deciding and clearly describing all the details:
Final arrangements for the takeover have yet to be formalized.
—formalization noun [uncountable]
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