But he thought she believed that by saying those words, "you formalize commitment or intent," thereby raising the relationship's stakes.
The most anxious among us formalized their commitment to the city by joining a group called the Stayers.
An announcement in which Hughes formalized its commitment to ICO was supposed to be made today but that announcement has apparently been postponed for several weeks.
Seeing the label on the big screen formalized the commitment from Fox, Yordy said.
"With this action plan, Yemen has formalized its commitment to protect its future generations," said Leila Zerrougui, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, in Sanaa for the signing ceremony.
Smith's blog post confirms that Microsoft has "formalized several commitments regarding Microsoft's support for third-party professional social networking services" — in other words, the company is supposed to take steps to ensure that LinkedIn competitors don't get completely disadvantaged on Microsoft platforms.
A union could help us formalize our commitment to inclusivity in hiring, and keep HuffPost accountable to that commitment.
"Even before the agreement, we'd implemented many of the F.T.C.'s suggestions and the agreement formalizes our commitment to those security practices," he wrote.
Over the next several years, they discussed marriage a number of times, but while Mr. Schuler knew he wanted to be with Ms. Talbott, he wasn't sure about formalizing their commitment.
We have had to wait a very long time to formalize our commitment to each other.
Many states are now allowing companies to incorporate as a "benefit corporation," or B Corps, which formalizes their commitment to social impact in addition to profit.
