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formation

[fawr-may-shuhn] / fɔrˈmeɪ ʃən /


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Business formation so far in 2026 is happening at the fastest pace in years, according to Census Bureau data, thanks in part to artificial intelligence-driven innovation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

These bars can channel material toward the inner regions, providing fuel for intense episodes of star formation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

El Nino has a tendency to increase wind shear in the north Atlantic, a factor which tears apart storms and limits formation.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Previous research has shown that DT-109 can reduce the formation of atherosclerotic plaques and prevent vascular calcification in nonhuman primates.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

I scan the data from Fly’s flight around the strange-looking rock formation with the mesa that has the tunnel-like opening.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

If this explanation is correct, the two formations preserve evidence of the tremendous forces involved in assembling one of Earth's ancient supercontinents.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Army leaders have said NGC2 is crucial in an age of cheap drones and precision missiles, which make large, static formations of troops and equipment easy targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Susanville, the spot on the map, is an immutable intermingling of unique geologic formations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Driscoll wanted urgent modernisation by adding drones throughout ordinary army formations to make it adept for 21st Century warfare.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

There was no ghostly regiment, responded to those orders; just the gray stone, the blue mist, and an officer alone, hanger raised, bawling formations.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson


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