formative

Example Sentences

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After a formative decade at NFL Films, he took what he learned on the sidelines of football games and applied it to documentaries on everything from an Iditarod racer to a Neil Diamond tribute band.

From The Wall Street Journal

These formative early years, working as a minor and student, likely left a deep impression on you emotionally and helped shape your relationship with work and money for the remainder of your life.

From MarketWatch

The items provide “a rare view” into Jobs’ “private world and formative years outside Apple’s corporate narrative,” a news release about the auction said.

From Los Angeles Times

The two-year affair with Justice was formative and he was described as "the love of my life".

From BBC

The observation offers a rare and direct view of how massive stars ended their lives during this formative stage of cosmic history.

From Science Daily