niceties
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The public remarks from the two leaders have teemed with warm words and diplomatic niceties.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
There have been niceties and brownnosing, but no sanctions or threats thereof.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Weeks before, his predecessor, Sir Philip Barton, had worked through the formal niceties of confirming Lord Mandelson's appointment to Washington, such as writing to the King about it on the 18th of December.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
"You can't play all sides. Enough of the niceties," he added.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
“One might sooner scrawl on granite with a lilac than impress rhetorical niceties upon that woman.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
