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Catalogs have long had a formative impact on would-be consumers, offering a sense of aspiration on behalf of a future self, or a peek into the pasts of their loved ones.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
“He was absolutely my inspiration because he was technically minded. He made my childhood and formative years one of the greatest times of my life,” Don Iwerks told The Times in 1998.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
And now, all of these years later, you feel ostracized from your remaining family and, more than that, you were left with a few mementoes of those formative years and no inheritance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Small venues were a huge, formative part of our journey. We wouldn't have existed without them," says singer Ellie Rowsell.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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 Elphinston, James
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