formation
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On the three-year weekly chart, the stock appears to be carving out what could become the right clavicle of a larger bearish head-and-shoulders formation.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Simon Kuznets believed in “secondary secular movements” or “long swings” linked to population and capital formation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Scientists believe the structure developed through multiple tectonic episodes associated with the formation and evolution of the ancient Gondwana supercontinent.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
His all-Oxford intellectual formation comes out of the post-“Great Financial Crisis” macro-finance school that views financial crises as driven by leverage cycles, liquidity spirals and risk-taking channels as much as by the traditional business cycle.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
The eager chickens broke formation and pecked hungrily at their well-earned treat.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Geological Features
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Shape Up: Form
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