formality
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This could have played out differently had Team Jackson not cleared the field ahead of what is now a formality.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
After giving birth, Shakhnoza Nazarova thought registering her daughter's name would be a mere formality.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
“There is now an effective consensus … that there is a discernible human influence on the climate,” Browne, a small, professorly man with an air of British formality, told the audience.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Diversification isn’t a formality: Since no one knows the winners across the AI ecosystem, your AI exposure should be broad, rather than centered on one or two hotshots.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
The meet seemed like a formality, and no home meet had ever felt that way before.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
And a full agreement is now almost done, with Guimaraes waiting for permission to leave Newcastle's training base in La Manga, in Spain, to finalise the formalities of his move to Emirates Stadium.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
The morgue at Galle could handle about 25 bodies at a time and the authorities were rushing freezer shipping containers to preserve the remains until legal formalities were completed.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 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
I wanted to be really married but Catherine said that if we were they would send her away and if we merely started on the formalities they would watch her and would break us up.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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And Then There Were None
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