formalities
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The man submitted to standard airport health screening in Nairobi, and passed through immigration formalities, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“There are some formalities to it,” said Saltarelli.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
They will crack on with the parliamentary formalities immediately.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
BBC Sport understands a deal to appoint the Austrian is virtually done with just the formalities left to complete.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted—or blessed—with something of his own obsequious suavity.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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