formative

Example Sentences

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Private equity has counted America’s wealthiest universities among its largest and most-loyal clients since the industry’s formative years.

From The Wall Street Journal

The exchange of ideas between the two would later be seen as formative to the development of Afrobeat, a political cocktail blending highlife with funk, jazz and soul.

From Barron's

A formative period in Taylor's musical development came in the early 1960s when he travelled to London to study music.

From BBC

Inman Grant's own formative years were spent in the orbit of the tech world.

From BBC

"The four planets we studied will likely contract into 'super-Earths' and 'sub-Neptunes' -- the most common types of planets in our galaxy, but we've never had such a clear picture of them in their formative years."

From Science Daily