Armed with notes from your reading the story, plus notes of your friends or publishers, go through your story one more time, finalizing as you go.
On Thursday, Bank of America and other mortgage companies -- 13 in all, this time -- finalized a separate $9.3 billion settlement with federal bank regulators to resolve similar claims.
On the other hand, most retail goods won't increase in price over time, but finalizing your shopping list now will give you the maximum time to find deals while minimizing the risk of making impulse purchases.
The government and Maoist rebels said they needed more time to finalize the document.
(The Kremlin said Putin could make better use of his time by finalizing his cabinet appointments).
If that's the case, then taxes should be too, and it's time to finalize a smaller deal.
If Pedro traipses into the seventh inning with a 2-0 leas, as he did yesterday afternoon, it is time to finalize dinner reservations.
As debt talks continue, President Obama said he would accept a short-term debt-ceiling hike to buy more time to finalize a comprehensive deal.
First, an RNC committee would meet ahead of time to finalize the rules, which aren't formally set until the convention convenes.
During the discovery phase, we put a temporary hold on developing the system because we needed additional time to finalize a comprehensive and fully integrated system solution".
The rules needed to expand required notifications will take time to finalize, but the president's order will speed that process, administration officials said.
