more formal
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Testifying at a hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Hegseth was asked: “When can you share more formal accounting on the cost of the war with Congress and with this committee?”
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
"The two countries have a long history of backchannel dialogues," Markey notes, "and these have at times been effective ways to mitigate hostility and even to set the stage for more formal dialogues."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The initial discussions will be preparatory, setting guidelines for more formal cease-fire talks, these officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Instead, he gave a marginally more formal “update” about progress in Iran than he gives all day on social media or in quick press availabilities.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
Researchers, absent the urgent need to know why radar operators fell asleep, started a new generation of more formal, deliberate experiments, trying to measure the capabilities of the human mind.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
