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The phrase "simply a formality" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something that is done only to fulfill a requirement or obligation, without any real significance.
Example: "The final meeting was simply a formality before the contract was officially signed."
Alternatives: "merely a procedure" or "just a routine step"
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The World Series will be simply a formality.
We issued termination notices for our copyrights in the US believing it simply a formality.
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But Mr. Obama's decision to invest time here — rather than Puerto Rico or Montana and South Dakota, where the final primaries take place June 3 — suggested that the decision not to declare victory was simply a formality.
While it is simply a formality, it still stings the Knicks to consider that they will end their season before the playoffs start for the first time since the 1986-87 season.
And this fee is not considered part of the purchase price nor is the fee simply a formality.
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But it should be just a formality.
All of a sudden "just a formality" is anything but.
Is it not just an inoperative process and merely a formality?
But of course this clarification was just a formality.
It seems only a formality.
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