formalities
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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
Around an hour later, she told him the Nepal immigration formalities were complete and that the group was waiting to cross into Tibet.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“There are some formalities to it,” said Saltarelli.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The morgue at Galle could handle about 25 bodies at a time and the authorities were rushing freezer shipping containers to preserve the remains until legal formalities were completed.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
They were reporters, professionally jaded and professionally immune, a little too well traveled in the last analysis to exert themselves toward the formalities San Piedro demanded silently of mainlanders.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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