formative
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It was a messy and indecisive conflict, but its importance as a formative event in Canada’s multilingual, multicultural national identity was enormous.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 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
This is a generation that entered adulthood during a global pandemic after spending formative years online.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Spending four formative years in a community where hundreds of services are collectively financed and individually consumed can shape assumptions about how institutions function and how resources should be allocated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I think it’s safe to say that this has been a formative experience in my life.”
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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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