formal
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The consortium has until June 10 to either make a formal offer to buy DCC or walk away under Irish Takeover rules.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Sea otter mentorship is at the forefront of a formal partnership between the Aquarium of the Pacific and Monterey Bay Aquarium, which has been rehabilitating sea otters since the 1980s, according to Long.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
In a formal statement to ABC, she wrote that “people like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.”
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
The dress code for the evening was white tie attire, the most formal dress code.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Kennedy and his advisers then turned to Nikita Khrushchev’s letter—the Soviet leader’s formal response to Kennedy’s televised speech of the night before.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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