niceties

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Weeks before, his predecessor, Sir Philip Barton, had worked through the formal niceties of confirming Lord Mandelson's appointment to Washington, such as writing to the King about it on the 18th of December.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

"You can't play all sides. Enough of the niceties," he added.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Their brittle exchange of niceties points to a larger truth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

It’s not like those good manners and contrived niceties ever managed to paper over those divisions in the first place.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

It was now plain that we would not attempt to use legal niceties to avoid accepting responsibility for actions we had taken with pride and premeditation.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela