formative

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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

He remembers this period at one of the UK's foremost music colleges as a formative part of his journey.

From BBC

The show often reflected for audiences formative parts of their lives too – first loves, first heartbreaks, births, deaths and marriages.

From BBC

But few have spent their formative years as deeply immersed in the game as Simpson, who was as much of a fixture at Skyhawks practices as the jugs machine.

From The Wall Street Journal

The executive spent his formative years running NBC’s cable distribution unit before jumping to Discovery in 2007 to become chief executive of the modest cable programming company then overseen by mogul John Malone.

From Los Angeles Times