formative
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"The decisions taken at this formative time will shape the world inherited by future generations," he will say.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Why did she spend the formative years of her life being treated by teachers and peers like a failure, instead of a person navigating a world designed for a different way of thinking?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
During some of Parton's earliest performances, her uncle, Bill Owens, accompanied her on the guitar - formative years for the future music legend.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
This is a generation that entered adulthood during a global pandemic after spending formative years online.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
She spoke as if she had spent her formative years in some boarding school, walking around with a big-lettered sweater tied around her shoulders.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
So formatives: stare and stair, starling; steer, sterling; shere, sherrif; child, children; kind, kindred; know, knollege; and dhe rest.
From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by James Elphinston
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