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US
/ˈfɛdɝəˌɫaɪz, ˈfɛdɹəˌɫaɪz/
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enter into a league for a common purpose
The republics federated to become the Soviet Union -
unite on a federal basis or band together as a league
The country was federated after the civil war - put under the control and authority of a federal government
How To Use federalize In A Sentence
- As the Michigan National Guard had been federalized for the war effort, the remaining volunteer state troops were asked to mobilize.
- The state militias were organized into the 'National Guard' and for all intents and purposes 'federalized' over 100 years ago in Title 10 of the US Code (Militia Act of 1903) - that's when they started calling it the 'National Guard' ... BlueOregon
- Allan Sumpter suggested that the County "federalize" as many projects as possible, by prioritizing projects that appeal to the federal government's transportation priorities to move people between cities. Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center
- Instead, I wrote to ensure that the regulation of state judicial practice - something that has long been the responsibility of the states - is not unduly "federalized" via a problematic one-size-fits-all approach that ignores differences between the states, hinders the states 'aggressive and innovative efforts to ensure fairness, and launches an entirely new body of federal constitutional law and an entirely new layer of expensive and expansive litigation. Undefined
- He countered that Democrats want to "federalize" the screeners because it could add up to 28,000 more union workers to the federal payroll. Defining Monetary Policy at the National Review
- We have two rescue units that now have been federalized, meaning that they are going to be deploying this afternoon to the island to be helpful with the dogs that they have and their great skill and talent to be able to try to rescue people that may still be, you know, under some of the structures that have fallen on Haiti. CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2010
- In a governming partnership with the classical liberal, the libertarian might agree to federalize. Tyler on the Problems of Libertarians, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- They're not militias, either, but they have no dual Federal role, and can't be "federalized" as the Irons in the Fire
- Then serious financial reform can begin to be discussed, starting with steps to "federalize" the Federal Reserve and take the power of money out of the hands of private bankers such as JP Morgan Chase, Citibank or Goldman Sachs. Asia Times Online
- President Bush could have "federalized" the National Guard in an instant. The Lost City
