How to Use federalize in a Sentence

federalize

verb
  • The measure federalizes several state programs.
  • That is the reason Trump has given for federalizing troops—to crack down on rising crime rates.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • This attempt to federalize our elections and strip away states' rights would make cheating easier than ever.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Or, the news stories could reflect a desire to federalize elections, a long-time goal of progressives.
    — Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • What Zinke is doing, by ordering a new review, is re-federalizing the process.
    — Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 7 June 2017
  • Republicans find this rhetoric ridiculous, and see no need to federalize any part of our election system, even though Democrats want to.
    — Scott Jennings, CNN, 22 July 2021
  • Trump moved to federalize the National Guard in Chicago as well.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025
  • National Guard troops in Memphis have not been federalized.
    — Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
  • There have been howls for decades from conservatives about federalizing law enforcement.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 27 Mar. 2017
  • If that’s true, then there’s no stopping Trump from federalizing the National Guard in all fifty states.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
  • While federalized, the soldiers will no longer report to state leadership, according to a letter sent by Brig.
    — Hanna Park, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The No Fakes Act essentially federalizes likeness laws, which vary from state to state.
    — Emilia David, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
  • If Abbott thinks that his National Guard units are Texas’ own troops, federalize them.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • But the president doubled down on his comments about federalizing elections.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Many Democrats are pressing for even more aggressive action to federalize the medical supply chain.
    — Author: Anne Gearan, Mike Debonis, Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2020
  • Trump has, as of late, made a number of comments about the crime rate in the Washington and has suggested the district could be federalized as a response.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • National Guard units across the country are under the command of governors but can be federalized by presidents.
    — Larry Kaplow, NPR, 19 June 2025
  • Democrats proposed a new effort Wednesday to federalize the nation’s medical supply chain.
    — Time, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Trump cannot federalize the city’s government without an act of Congress, an amendment to the Home Rule Act.
    — Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Thousands of members are still federalized in Los Angeles for no reason and unable to carry out their critical duties across the state.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
  • However, there are limits on the president’s authority to federalize the city police.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Is Trump gonna federalize the New York City Police Department?
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Trump had federalized the Illinois National Guard to deploy troops to Chicago.
    — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 15 Jan. 2026
  • By federalizing state war debts and creating a national bank, Hamilton aimed to unify the young nation under a strong fiscal umbrella.
    — Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The president also federalized the MPD, but Smith stayed on as chief amid the surge in federal law enforcement.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Republicans view it as a power grab that would limit free speech, federalize elections, and gut commonsense laws meant to avert fraud and bolster confidence in election integrity.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 17 July 2021
  • The court ruled Wednesday that the Oregon National Guard can be federalized but not deployed during the appeals process.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Trump issued an emergency order in August that federalized the local police force and sent in National Guard troops.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Trump deployed hundreds of guard members in the District earlier this month and federalized the local police department as part of a federal takeover aimed at cracking down on crime.
    — Aris Folley, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Since Virginia has the death penalty, however, federalizing the prosecution might not trigger any greater set of penalties for a conviction.
    — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2017

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