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formulate

[fawr-myuh-layt] / ˈfɔr mjəˌleɪt /


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“The audience has finally gotten there, and now we can formulate a plan.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

It asked developers to formulate a plan for how to raise the remainder of the money needed, either through private equity, tax exempt bonds or other mechanisms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

She’ll even, at times, fire it up to formulate a response to the person standing next to her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

It was this link between one-way genetic flow, patrilocality, and the non-reciprocity of exchange that led me, in Néandertal nu in 2022, to formulate the singular paradox: “Neanderthal, Sapiens: I love you… me neither.”

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

Midway through 2009, my small team and I began coordinating with West Wing policy people and meeting with experts inside and outside government to formulate a plan.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

As she formulates her proposal for a better answer, Ms. Horn laments that a knowledge of Jewish civilization is part of a “null curriculum”—history that is ignored in most American classrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

The DH is, therefore, "unable to move forward on this matter whilst the UK Government formulates its position in response to the recommendations".

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

The typical comedy equation is tragedy plus time; “Diarra From Detroit” formulates an alternate calculation that joins crisis and unanswered questions.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2024

Not the official fundraising and administrative apparatus that runs conventions and formulates policy platforms, but the broad constellation of think tanks, nonprofits, academic experts, and journalists that collectively regulates the liberal intellectual atmosphere.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2024

“Who formulates the policies of these two companies?”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

StripIt’s offerings include products formulated with probiotics and fiber, and Biostrips sells varieties with Reducose and Chromax, supplements that help to regulate blood sugar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

"She formulated a philosophy of art she dubbed 'self-obliteration' based on simple motifs of obsessive repetition and proliferation," according to her website.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

That question naturally leads to another: Could quantum mechanics be formulated using only real numbers?

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

Plans are being formulated for the months ahead and the band's members have different ambitions for the future.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The thesis is misnamed, because, as it is usually formulated, Duhem did not hold it and Quine abandoned it, but it is the fundamental conceptual underpinning of much modern history and philosophy of science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

But instead of formulating a plan, the suit argued, the officers began yelling at him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Conagra’s team is already formulating products for 2028, keeping a close eye on new anti-obesity drugs currently winding their way through the patent pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Paris and Berlin want "to have a Franco-German roadmap on this issue by September", he said, adding that their economy, finance and foreign ministers had been tasked with formulating the plan.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

It brought to power Carney, a former central banker who had spent the years after the 2008-09 financial crisis formulating a thesis that the West was overreliant on a single, increasingly unpredictable country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

I could now spend the day reading, writing letters, discussing issues with my comrades, or formulating legal briefs.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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