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
BBC Sport understands a deal to appoint the Austrian is virtually done with just the formalities left to complete.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
"This situation naturally raises the question: what kind of peace and what kind of consistency can we be talking about if even the basic formalities for our participation were not fulfilled by the organisers?"
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
"Let's not waste time on formalities," he said and prepared to sign the papers without reading them.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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