formative
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Money plays a pretty formative role in these races.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
When Matt Trivella of Boston was younger, returning a computer joystick that he bought with his allowance was so satisfying that the moment became a formative experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Plus, you got those lessons during those important formative years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
It was a messy and indecisive conflict, but its importance as a formative event in Canada’s multilingual, multicultural national identity was enormous.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
It was a look that caused Fang a fair amount of grief during his formative years.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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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