formal
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If she plans to attend a formal event, she needs to pack extra clothes, and a carry-on won’t cut it.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Iran is pushing for formal recognition of its right to charge oil tankers a transit fee in the Strait of Hormuz as part of war-end negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Demonstrators, many organising online outside of formal representative bodies, have also used convoys on motorways to snarl traffic and tractors to gridlock central Dublin on occasions.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
This is the start of a formal police disciplinary procedure and is not a judgement on an officer's actions.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Daddy was like a veterinarian without a formal degree.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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