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formality

[fawr-mal-i-tee] / fɔrˈmæl ɪ ti /




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His writing has a certain formality and a genericness that doesn’t always feel like him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Some activists told the BBC that the referendum was a mere formality and claimed that 90% of registered voters did not take part.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

She has filled out a government form demanding compensation from Russia -- a bureaucratic formality.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

This could have played out differently had Team Jackson not cleared the field ahead of what is now a formality.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

Out on the street again Biff walked with measured formality.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Haakon's wife, Queen Mette-Marit, was absent from the formalities as she continues to recover from a lung transplant.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

“There are some formalities to it,” said Saltarelli.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

They will crack on with the parliamentary formalities immediately.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

"This situation naturally raises the question: what kind of peace and what kind of consistency can we be talking about if even the basic formalities for our participation were not fulfilled by the organisers?"

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Herbert would also take a sheet of paper, and write across it with similar formalities, “Memorandum of Herbert’s debts.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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