formula
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Curl said the formula for success was simple.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
If the formula were left unchanged, the minimum allocation gradually would grow to $493 million over the next 10 years, according to a city analysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
That acceleration happened despite a tweak to the PCE inflation formula that many analysts believe, all else equal, would help to cool the index in recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
With the August report, the Bureau of Economic Analysis updated the formula it uses to measure inflation with its personal-consumption expenditures price index.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
“Even if it’s going right through him, he’ll still get the benefits of the electrolytes. In fact, its proprietary formula is proven to improve quality of life.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
GP2 and GP3, and their successors F2 and F3, are one-make formulae; everyone has to use the same chassis and engine.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
The complex interactions of fluid and soft matter physics prove challenging to simplify into cut-and-dried formulae.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
"Negotiations are not just mathematical formulae but also personal relationships. And trust. Unfortunately, today we are losing a measure of trust in us," Podolyak said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
Pupils had extra information, such as formulae sheets and advanced warning of topics, ahead of their exams.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2022
“Go soak it. If the situation becomes desperate, I recommend you avail yourself of the numerous solvent formulae extant in Celum Tinture. Chapter thirteen, I believe.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
This is why I have come to appreciate what I think of as back-pocket formulas: reliable little systems you can make while your brain goes mostly offline.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Physicists have spent decades trying to reproduce the process with mathematical equations, but deriving the necessary formulas proved exceptionally difficult.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The states built a kind of clearinghouse to determine standard formulas such as how much capital an insurer must hold against every asset on its books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of California renters, lawyers alleged that Conservice’s policy was to deny tenants the right to view specific bills or formulas used to calculate their individual charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Every evening Werner works in Dr. Hauptmann’s lab, alternately plugging numbers into triangulation formulas or engineering: Hauptmann wants him to improve the efficiency and power of a directional radio transceiver he is designing.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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