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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
officialise .
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Examples
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It also looks at the evidence of the time in a non-religious way, collating information from *all* different sources, not just the bible which was 'officialised' centuries after the 'real people' had been and gone.
27th December '04 2004
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On the other hand the organisation of Britain for war has "officialised" a number of industrial leaders, and created
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You may not have officialised this in your head but the fact remains there are now complications that have subverted the friendship.
Archive 2008-07-01 Ms Robinson 2008
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Well, we say 'this weekend' but really we mean 'last weekend' since that's when Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes actually got married, meaning that the Italian castle extravaganza was all just for show, as Tom Cruise slave Arnold Robinson explains: "As is customary for couples marrying outside of the United States, Cruise and Holmes officialised their marriage in Los Angeles prior to their departure."
Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes: It’s Over, Except It Probably Isn’t 2006
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"The amnesties of Mai 1962, November 1974 and December 1991, instead of reducing criminality, merely officialised impunity," he said, noting that no one was punished for previous ethnic massacres in 1959, 1963 and 1973.
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Whilst from lack of any settled policy Indian education was drifting on to rocks and quicksands, and the personal influence of Englishmen on the younger generation diminished in an officialised educational service, gradual changes in the material conditions of European life in India tended to keep British and Indians more rather than less apart.
India, Old and New Valentine Chirol 1890
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"The Vitaphone Racing Team has officialised its withdrawal, as it was unable to find an agreement with Porsche to run an RS Spyder in LM P2 in the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours," said the terse note from the ACO.
Motorsport.com: news 2009
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The Greek exclamation has been on California's seal since 1849, but was only officialised in 1963.
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The Greek exclamation has been on California's seal since 1849, but was only officialised in 1963.
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