formalistic
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The argument advanced by the IRS is a formalistic one that results in an absurdity: Cryptocurrency wasn’t explicitly included in the list of items that meet the “readily valued property” exemption to the appraisal rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
It’s foundational and it’s formalistic, but it’s not going anywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
As a filmmaker, Hogg is a seemingly incongruous blend of free-flowing and formalistic.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
The culture minister’s committee recommended in 2020 that the “balance” test be abandoned and called for a more empathetic approach, saying that the restitutions committee needed to become less formalistic in its responses to claims.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
There is still, compared with Beethoven, a huge amount of formalistic padding; but so far as he dared and could, he was loading his rifts with ore.
From Haydn by John F. Runciman
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