formative
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Money plays a pretty formative role in these races.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Think how many movers and shakers, from Barack Obama to Jeff Bezos to Paul Krugman, cite “Star Trek” or Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” series as formative influences?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
And the truth is that I am not a particularly high-minded character in my formative years.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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Shape Up: Form
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