formal
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He told the parliamentary inquiry last year that he turned his life around in 2017, when he registered his first formal business to provide security services.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Goonism is driven by desperation in an economy where some 800,000 enter the labour market each year for just 100,000 jobs in the formal sector, according to the World Bank.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
A formal dining room, paneled bar, spacious kitchen with a fireplace, and butler’s pantry make entertaining a breeze.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
He filed it just shy of two years after receiving a formal IRS notification about the leak but more than two years after Littlejohn’s guilty plea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Still, I was always aware that even with as much education as the engineers had, my father, with his sixth-grade formal education, was equally intelligent.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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