formation
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His all-Oxford intellectual formation comes out of the post-“Great Financial Crisis” macro-finance school that views financial crises as driven by leverage cycles, liquidity spirals and risk-taking channels as much as by the traditional business cycle.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
They break away from the formation and leave.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
On its weekly chart, it has carved out a bullish inverse head and shoulders formation dating back to last March following the end of a 10-week losing streak.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Housing is an area of particular focus for Mr. Lindsey, since he rightfully notes that it is beset by bad regulations and high prices that inhibit family formation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Variation and natural selection offer cogent explanations of the mechanism by which evolution might occur within a species, but they do not explain the formation of species per se.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing formation
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