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[fawrm] / fɔrm /




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“There can be no space if there are no things or events, just as there is no family if there are no people who form it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“The simplest thing to forget is that what music is about, and any kind of art form is about, is creating the kind of things that you think are beautiful,” says Corea.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

That’s because they work as a form of life insurance, and those people who buy an annuity and die young effectively subsidize those who live to be very old.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

The team further improved muscle performance through a form of exercise.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Whether you believe it or not, the lake will form!

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

A lava dome forms when relatively thick, viscous lava accumulates around a volcanic vent rather than flowing freely across the surrounding landscape.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

When Mi-ok agrees to participate in Ye-ji’s film, a friendship forms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

In his eyes, beauty takes all forms, morphing into the grotesque and outrageous before transforming again into a light, airy meringue, generously portioned atop life’s dense realities.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

When he was 16, he took a gap year before college to work at a videogame production company and experimented with primitive forms of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Past the postcard rack was the counter with the box for the entry forms.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Long queues have formed at petrol stations, while unreliable electricity supplies and shortages of medicines have added to public frustration.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Morrish said the Harding's Pits Association Group was formed in 2004, adding that the green space was originally a clay pit in the 19th Century, before being used as a landfill site.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

A research team led by Dr. Uisdean Nicholson of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh has now provided the strongest evidence yet that Silverpit was formed by an asteroid or comet.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

And he’s just formed a joint venture with Warner Records called Crime & Punishment Records that will launch in early 2027 with a debut by the gifted newcomer Elle Bramhall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

A later edition included four pages of “Additional Facts,” including the mysterious appearance of “a turnip covered with minute, multitudinous, and most beautifully formed mesmeric characters.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Kelvin waves are totally natural, forming throughout the year from warming ocean water and usually not impacting coastlines by a noticeable amount.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Some have started to warm to the idea that a bubble is forming and that it is a risk worth monitoring.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

He discussed forming a group with other Saudi professionals in the Bay Area to advise companies back home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Vast amounts of discarded plastic accumulate in the oceans, sometimes forming enormous garbage patches that threaten marine life.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Tiny buds had broken out along some, and gold leaves, hard as the bark, were forming.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell


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