formality

Example Sentences

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The new chief executive will have to be confirmed by the full council next week, but Reform UK has a comfortable majority and the process is expected to be a formality.

From BBC

Meticulous in his habits and wedded to his routines, George loves the sterile formality of the police interview room, where, unmoved by the emotional outbursts of others, he patiently sifts fact from fabrication.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two months ago Liverpool's huge summer transfer spend looked like it had made the Premier League title a formality.

From BBC

“The Hall of Fame was just a formality. Everybody knew he would be there. It was just a matter of when.”

From Seattle Times

It is still pending ratification, though that process is almost certainly no more than a formality.

From Seattle Times