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formulate

[fawr-myuh-leyt] / ˈfɔr mjəˌleɪt /


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Wendy’s also withdrew its outlook for the year, saying its new management needs time to fully assess the business opportunities and formulate a comprehensive turnaround plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

It was this link between one-way genetic flow, patrilocality, and the non-reciprocity of exchange that led me, in Néandertal nu in 2022, to formulate the singular paradox: “Neanderthal, Sapiens: I love you… me neither.”

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

McLuhan’s theories about how different forms of media evolve almost help him formulate what would become “Saturday Night Live” many years earlier.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

AFP news agency has a deal with Mistral allowing the startup's chatbot to draw on the news agency's articles to formulate responses.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

But collections also provided more serious scholars with specimens that helped them formulate theories on the natural order of life.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

The DH is, therefore, "unable to move forward on this matter whilst the UK Government formulates its position in response to the recommendations".

From BBC Mar. 9, 2026

The typical comedy equation is tragedy plus time; “Diarra From Detroit” formulates an alternate calculation that joins crisis and unanswered questions.

From Salon Apr. 2, 2024

Not the official fundraising and administrative apparatus that runs conventions and formulates policy platforms, but the broad constellation of think tanks, nonprofits, academic experts, and journalists that collectively regulates the liberal intellectual atmosphere.

From Slate Mar. 19, 2024

The executive council formulates a recommendation to all clubs, which must approve the move by at least three-quarters vote.

From Washington Times Jun. 15, 2023

“Who formulates the policies of these two companies?”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

"She formulated a philosophy of art she dubbed 'self-obliteration' based on simple motifs of obsessive repetition and proliferation," according to her website.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

During the 2009 H1N1 “swine” flu pandemic, getting newly formulated shots “took a lot longer than we hoped,” Pan said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Plans are being formulated for the months ahead and the band's members have different ambitions for the future.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The implementation mechanism of this plan, as part of the final agreement, will be formulated within 60 days.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Newton’s culture, it could be argued, was inherently conservative and traditionalist; Newton could not have formulated the idea of a revolution even if he had wanted to.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The simplest way of formulating that question: Is there any objective sense in which a man can become a woman or vice versa?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Paris and Berlin want "to have a Franco-German roadmap on this issue by September", he said, adding that their economy, finance and foreign ministers had been tasked with formulating the plan.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Pan also said the bank is formulating tools to provide emergency liquidity to nonbank institutions during a crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Most of us are not good listeners, me included, because we’re formulating an answer instead of just totally taking it in.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

Myrna stopped in the doorway, her arms laden with tablets, and moved her colorless lips for a moment before she spoke, as if she w'ere formulating an address.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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