formality

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But it must also have been a difficult personal moment for the King to set such a public distance between himself and his younger brother, who he calls with some formality Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

In rehearsal, Mays fully inhabits his role — and his costume — moving with a lithe formality as he strives to eavesdrop on Mozart and Constanze.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Like MBS, Crown Prince Fahd had exercised total power, so his succession was a formality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

He described a vote to be held in the House on Tuesday that would approve a Senate-backed deal to reopen the government as little more than a "formality."

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

He was saying some last word to her but the eagerness in his manner tightened abruptly into formality as several people approached him to say goodbye.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald