formulate
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Alex’s reporting focuses in particular on the inner workings of the National Security Council and how top players in an administration formulate and execute foreign policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
"Computational models, like ours, can be used to formulate new hypotheses about real biological populations," she says.
From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025
It emerged toward the end of the summer, long after health officials had already determined how to formulate this fall’s flu vaccine, a decision that had to be made in February.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
"We've got a little bit of that early rehab to go through to formulate where he may plug into the series, but we expect him to take some part in the series."
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
I open my mouth, but before I can reply, before I can formulate the right thing to say, my parents turn their backs to me, shuffle into their room, and shut the door.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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