According to Archer's testimony, the phone calls never included business talk; rather, it was about the weather and niceties.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/wex/biden-investigation-republicans-request-air-force-two-records-from-bidens-time-as-vice-president/article_38e4d168-fe5d-5c1b-884e-44eeb1c90950.html

He goes the way he wants to go, legalities and niceties be damned.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/opinion/trump-debate-milley.html

“On the evening Tom wrapped his role, he characteristically left without ceremony or niceties, simply walking out of the door,” Stewart adds.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/patrick-stewart-tom-hardy-odd-star-trek-set-1235743339/

That the words her co-stars so often used to describe her – “professional”, “committed”, “a perfectionist” – were coded, or ambiguous niceties to cover up the fact that she was a teen-queen-from-hell.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/sarah-michelle-gellar-interview-wolf-pack-buffy-b2270585.html

The 30-year-old Amritpal does not have pretensions or niceties when it comes to his core beliefs.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/amritpal-singh-a-radical-preacher/article66553973.ece

The GLB comes with basic crash-avoidance tech, though adaptive cruise control, active blind-spot assist, and a few other niceties are optional.

Source: https://www.thecarconnection.com/cars/mercedes-benz_eqb-class

The seller notes that both the heat and the A/C are in working order and the truck comes with such niceties as power windows and locks, cruise control, and that extra CD player.

Source: https://jalopnik.com/at-12-500-is-this-97-chevy-k1500-silverado-pure-gold-1850528717

To them it’s for vote catching not that they are schooled in such economic niceties.

Source: https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/double-digit-growth-to-go-back-or-build-on-what-we-have/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=double-digit-growth-to-go-back-or-build-on-what-we-have

Y., confirmed Archer told the House Oversight Committee that Joe had been on speakerphone multiple times while his son was talking with business partners - but insisted they were talking about 'niceties' like talking about 'the weather, 'what's going on?'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12356923/Hunter-Bidens-business-partner-Devon-Archer-arrives-bombshell-testimony-Joes-involvement-shady-business-deals-DOJ-accused-trying-jail-talk.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490