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Hydrophobic compounds are substances that do not dissolve easily in water, a characteristic that can make certain medications difficult to formulate and deliver effectively.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ms. Takaichi eventually might even have to formulate an economic plan that doesn’t hinge on “stimulus” spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

McLuhan’s theories about how different forms of media evolve almost help him formulate what would become “Saturday Night Live” many years earlier.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Before I can even formulate words, Dutchy—Luke—says, “This is crazy, but I have to leave. I have a gig.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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

Will that be a factor in Vladimir Putin’s calculations as he formulates Russia’s response?

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

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

The choice of cathode material, or how the electrolyte – which separates cathode and anode – is formulated are key details influencing the performance and longevity of sodium ion batteries.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 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

Aschenbrenner formulated the worldview behind his paper, called “Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead,” while he was still at OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

During the 2009 H1N1 “swine” flu pandemic, getting newly formulated shots “took a lot longer than we hoped,” Pan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

It was a fascinating experience to follow a year spent executing American policies as a soldier overseas with one watching how those policies are formulated.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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’s all very silly, but when it’s happening at a million miles an hour and you have to be formulating responses to it, I had to figure out a totally different relationship to the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

You’re not formulating an answer when you’re watching a movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

People looking up at her—at her smooth pretty vivacious face—had no way of knowing about the painfully articulated resolves formulating in her mind.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith