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Recent Examples of formally
The Compliance Burden At its core, Schedule III classification means cannabis is formally recognized as having medical value, but access is tightly controlled.
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Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Currently, China and India are the only two nuclear powers to formally maintain a no first use policy.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
The move has yet to be confirmed or formally announced by the team.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Charges are expected to be formally filed on Tuesday, Cox said.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
As the king and queen formally welcome the president and first lady, a royal salute will be fired from the east lawn of Windsor Castle and the Tower of London.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Robinson is currently being held without bail and is set to be formally charged on Tuesday.
—Richard Hall, Time, 14 Sep. 2025
Asked Friday if city and state officials had requested a National Guard deployment -- or had formally signed off on it -- the White House didn't respond.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
He was expected to be formally charged Tuesday ahead of an initial court appearance.
—Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Currently, China and India are the only two nuclear powers to formally maintain a no first use policy.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
The move has yet to be confirmed or formally announced by the team.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Charges are expected to be formally filed on Tuesday, Cox said.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
As the king and queen formally welcome the president and first lady, a royal salute will be fired from the east lawn of Windsor Castle and the Tower of London.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Robinson is currently being held without bail and is set to be formally charged on Tuesday.
—Richard Hall, Time, 14 Sep. 2025
Asked Friday if city and state officials had requested a National Guard deployment -- or had formally signed off on it -- the White House didn't respond.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
He was expected to be formally charged Tuesday ahead of an initial court appearance.
—Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for formally
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So, be sure to scroll slowly and carefully!—
Kris Holt,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Artisans in Italy carefully spin and weave the yarn, printing and finishing each scarf by hand.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
13 Sep. 2025
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Troublingly, Cal Fire’s flawed models systematically underestimate logging emissions and overestimate regrowth, conveniently ignoring how climate change hamstrings regrowth and fuels wildfires that release yet more emissions.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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On the final stretch after every other runner had already finished or left the race, Van de Velde glanced over his shoulder and noticed San Martín stopping to gingerly lift his leg over the last barrier.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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After a day of 100+ yards, Bowers was seen walking gingerly after what appeared to be a non-contact injury.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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But the Jays provided Fisher with needed rest by meticulously scheduling his outings.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Castro’s talent lies in meticulously creating a realistic—and entertaining—portrait of one man’s compulsions, bringing individual texture to a curious social phenomenon.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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The healthcare industry must methodically overcome these barriers through research, collaboration and governance.—
Somnath Banerjee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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They were used to train death investigators and that's, they were developed to teach people to look very methodically at every detail of a crime scene.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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Bluesky, part of the decentralized internet, is slower paced and caters to niche interests, rewarding internecine fights over minutiae, whereas X is deliberately chaotic, encouraging the gathering of follower-armies and ideological insult-comedy for an audience that may be largely made up of bots.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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People can deliberately cultivate more conscientiousness, boost their sociability or soften their neurotic edges.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Formally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formally. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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