formality

Example Sentences

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The final score makes the second leg of this last 16 tie a formality.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

His election to the Hall of Fame will be a formality.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 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

I say, as a formality, and as a way of opening negotiations.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman