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Synonyms for formal

fond of or given to ceremony

of or characterized by ceremony

requiring elegant clothes and fine manners

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Synonyms for formal

a lavish dance requiring formal attire

being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

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characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

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(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

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represented in simplified or symbolic form

logically deductive

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refined or imposing in manner or appearance

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According to 33 percent of respondents, their organization plans to develop a formal succession planning process within the next five years, while 27 percent are currently developing a formal process, and 11 percent have a formal process in place.
Results--Seventeen of 49 (35%) institutions responded to the survey of part 1, of which 10 offered a formal animal welfare course, 9 offered a formal animal behavior course, 8 offered a formal animal ethics course, and 5 offered a combined animal welfare, behavior, and ethics course.
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The paper illustrates the theoretical assumptions of new institutionalism especially its distinction between formal and informal institutions.
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