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
Kabalevsky succumbed to Stalin’s decrees against formalistic art, and he has never been taken seriously in the West.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025
As a filmmaker, Hogg is a seemingly incongruous blend of free-flowing and formalistic.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2021
The details in Shum’s memoir also highlight the limitations of more formalistic analysis of China’s political system.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021
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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