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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a formal end" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a definitive conclusion or termination of a process, event, or document in a formal context.
Example: "The meeting concluded with a formal end, signaling the completion of the agenda."
Alternatives: "an official conclusion" or "a definitive closure."
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In fact, Mr Obama may have hoped at the end of 2014 to declare a formal end not just to the war in Afghanistan, but the broader war on terror as well.
In 2005, PIRA declared a formal end to its armed campaign.
Neither wants the blame for bringing a formal end to the four-year-old ceasefire.
No peace treaty has yet put a formal end to the war.
The ceremony brought to a formal end ISAF's combat mission in Afghanistan.
By January, 2008, Rajapaksa, determined to crush the Tigers, announced a formal end to the ceasefire.
There has never been a peace treaty to bring the Korean war of 1950-53 to a formal end.
The dispute threatens to overshadow NTC plans to declare a formal end to Libya's nine-month uprising.
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Even if a family has not held a formal end-of-life conversation, they may well have heard their loved one express thoughts in passing or at particular life junctures, such as before major surgery or while experiencing a death of a loved one.
Program evaluation activities included routine end-of-training surveys, quarterly program reports, and a formal end-of-program evaluation.
The Doctor's first meeting is postponed when Keane sends a text late one night to say the Beeb have whisked him off to Ireland to cover the IRA's announcement of a 'formal end to the armed campaign'.
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