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Recent Examples of formally
Imamoglu was detained days before he was set to formally announce his presidential candidacy.
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Beril Akman, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
The rejection of the application, highly unusual for the FDA, prompted Moderna to go public with Prasad's decision and vow to formally challenge it.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
The plea was formally accepted by the court this week.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
By midday Friday, neither had formally filed to enter the race.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Sims will be formally recommended at Alvarado ISD’s next board of trustees meeting Monday, March 16.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
Musgraves hasn’t formally announced an album title, tracklist or release date.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
In October 2025, Google formally announced plans for its $4 billion, 1,100-acre hyperscale data center campus in West Memphis, Arkansas.
—Neil Strebig, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Mar. 2026
In fact, they are formally included as a line item in Iraq’s federal budget.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Beril Akman, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
The rejection of the application, highly unusual for the FDA, prompted Moderna to go public with Prasad's decision and vow to formally challenge it.
—CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
The plea was formally accepted by the court this week.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
By midday Friday, neither had formally filed to enter the race.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
Sims will be formally recommended at Alvarado ISD’s next board of trustees meeting Monday, March 16.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2026
Musgraves hasn’t formally announced an album title, tracklist or release date.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
In October 2025, Google formally announced plans for its $4 billion, 1,100-acre hyperscale data center campus in West Memphis, Arkansas.
—Neil Strebig, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 6 Mar. 2026
In fact, they are formally included as a line item in Iraq’s federal budget.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for formally
Adverb
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Details are carefully considered, with blackout curtains, an air conditioning unit in the headboard, a mosquito net canopy, and a large wardrobe stocked with robes, slippers, a yoga mat, and other bush essentials.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Mar. 2026
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Divers have to carefully chisel each coral from the seabed by hand and bring it to the surface, which takes a lot of time and labor.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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As Morocco’s indigenous inhabitants, El Hammoumy continued, the Berbers are like other native peoples around the world who have been systematically dispossessed of their lands and heritage for centuries.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Organizations that sustain Iran's regime are being systematically and deliberately taken down.—
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FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Keep boots upright and orderly by using boot trees, cardboard tubes, or even a short length of PVC pipe.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
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All these years later, Vern remembers people acting orderly, evacuating at a measured pace, stopping to allow cars into the growing line of traffic out of Yuba City.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
23 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Giddey turned his ankle on an offensive play, then limped his way through the half court and lined up a 3-point attempt before gingerly exiting.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Those on two legs and four were all stepping gingerly across slick spots.—
Anna Meiler,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The ants that animators once morphed into googly-eyed caricatures in films such as A Bug’s Life and Antz just received a meticulously precise anatomical reboot.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2026
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What Michaels Says in the Trailer Michaels, who has meticulously controlled his public image across five decades, appears in candid form.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The corpse’s head and limbs had been methodically sliced off.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The company’s next phase in India involves moving methodically into tier two cities, mirroring the suburban Japan playbook.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Some of Fiedler’s fellow plaintiffs were charged with deliberately misidentifying people as gang members, but a judge later dismissed the case against them.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Trump would not deliberately help Massie after his remarkably personal attacks against the congressman and even his new wife last month.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Formally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formally. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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