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formative

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


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Plus, you got those lessons during those important formative years.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

She argues that the Qumran sect actively followed the 364-day calendar during its formative period in the second century BCE.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Whitney Houston’s powerhouse version stands alone, but Dolly’s quieter, mournful ode to her collaboration with Porter Wagoner is the artful, formative sketch to a colossal mural.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

During some of Parton's earliest performances, her uncle, Bill Owens, accompanied her on the guitar - formative years for the future music legend.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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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