formalistic
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The argument advanced by the IRS is a formalistic one that results in an absurdity: Cryptocurrency wasn’t explicitly included in the list of items that meet the “readily valued property” exemption to the appraisal rules.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
It’s foundational and it’s formalistic, but it’s not going anywhere.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024
As a filmmaker, Hogg is a seemingly incongruous blend of free-flowing and formalistic.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021
“This would be a clean, formalistic way for the court to resolve the case,” Andrew Koppelman, a law professor at Northwestern University, said in an interview.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2015
His works make one keenly aware of the rhythmical, the formalistic limitations of Chopin's piano pieces, of the steeliness of much of Brahms', of the shallow brilliancy, the theatricality, of Liszt's.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
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