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formation

[fawr-may-shuhn] / fɔrˈmeɪ ʃən /


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Nearly an hour later, a farmer living close to the base called 999 after seeing three vans parked in a "weird formation".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In a January speech at Davos, Carney urged middle powers to stand up to hegemons and called for the formation of “different coalitions for different issues based on common values and interests.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Despite progress in cutting the most harmful air pollutants in recent decades, ozone has proved more difficult to tackle as climate change fuels the conditions that favour its formation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

He took the snap out of shotgun formation and just ran left until he reached the end zone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

The first experiments on reproductive incompatibility and species formation were carried out before the selection experiments, but Dobzhansky and his students continued to work on both problems in the 1940s and 50s.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

For instance, Kubiak has been a major proponent of deploying formations with two tight ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The deluge of ice and mud caused huge lakes to form, and one of these formations has become a direct threat to emergency workers scouring the region for survivors.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

These formations are widespread across Utah's Wasatch and Uinta ranges and can also be found on the Colorado Plateau in the La Sal Mountains near Moab.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

Beginning with the shape of United's squad provides much-needed context, but it is important to note that much of their play is based on tactical principles, not just formations.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

And the army never learned to bunch its troops into tight formations, as the Greeks did at Marathon, forming human masses that can literally stand up to cavalry.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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