formal
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Since the pandemic, wardrobe refreshes have skewed more formal.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
Human Rights Watch recommended the bill be abandoned, in a formal a submission to the constitutional and legal affairs committee scrutinising the legislation in the capital Accra.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
A U.S. delegation is in Mexico City this week for a first round of formal discussions on the pact with the Mexican government.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
A formal end to the Iran war could be one, though the market is already pricing in a rosy geopolitical scenario.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The group had put together a formal letter from Kennedy to Nikita Khrushchev.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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