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formative

[fawr-muh-tiv] / ˈfɔr mə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
influential, impressionable
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
destructive noninfluential


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As a young lawyer, my formative experiences were in Biloxi, Miss., representing families who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

A major new TV drama about the formative years of The Beatles has started production in Germany and Liverpool.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Alexandra Silber spent much of her theater career with classic musicals, and several formative years studying acting in Scotland, so she felt it was her fate to adapt Lerner and Loewe’s 1947 fantasy romp, “Brigadoon.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

However, his formative years were spent far from Benin.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Enoch had spent his formative years in London and claimed to still know its streets, so he led.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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