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The phrase "a formal warning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where an official notice is given to someone regarding their behavior or performance, often in professional or legal settings.
Example: "After several incidents of tardiness, the manager issued a formal warning to the employee."
Alternatives: "an official warning" or "a written warning".
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1961 A Soviet Warning to U.N. Leadership The Soviet Union issued a formal warning today that if the new Secretary-General of the U.N. attempts to take any important action without its approval, it will bring "the collapse of the United Nations".
This acts as a formal warning.
For that he received a formal warning from the ARU.
McEvoy received a formal warning over the decision.
Today's UK forecast underlines the point: a formal warning of heavy rain in the south-west.
The committee could recommend responses from a formal warning to dismissal.
The meeting was intended as a formal warning, with documented reference to the relevant sections of the manual.
In the case of the fifth guy, as described above, I was trying to give a formal warning.
The CQC carried out an unannounced inspection and issued a formal warning to the hospital about standards on Ward 32.
Russia, which is attending Wednesday's meeting as an observer, said it was issuing a formal warning on prices.
Two weeks later, a special Government Gazette was published giving us a formal warning to desist or face closure.
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