formative
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However, his formative years were spent far from Benin.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Aged 11, he impressed in a trial with Real Madrid, but returned home anyway, a decision he calls one of the most formative of his life.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
A formative introduction to the internet’s tenuous rules for engagement happened when I was 13.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
I tell her about my formative years in Lima, Peru, and my family’s adventures relocating to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Throughout my formative years, the set remained on our library shelves, weighty and regal-looking with its gold spines.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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