formula
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The established formula for constructing a baseball lineup has been dogma for roughly 125 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
"We don't need any more clothing, it's the everyday essentials, formula, nappies, wipes, toiletries," said Kavita.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Amy, a working mother with a toddler, said: "He was on formula and it was expensive for the tins. They never had offers or promotions."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Questions can sometimes emerge over who owns the formula for a product if a relationship between a retailer and a factory ends, said Mark Duedall, a partner at the law firm Baker Donelson.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
The skunk’s little pink tongue lapped at the formula.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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"We wanted to see whether the starting point of his formulae fit naturally into some physics," says Sinha.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025
The news is not dictated by straightforward formulae, it's driven by events and sentiment.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
As in 2024, the Department for Education in England has said students in maths, physics, and combined science exams will be allowed to use formulae and equation sheets during their exams.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
"Negotiations are not just mathematical formulae but also personal relationships. And trust. Unfortunately, today we are losing a measure of trust in us," Podolyak said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
Manet started small, teaching me simple formulae of the sort required for twice-tough glass and heat funnels.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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This is why I have come to appreciate what I think of as back-pocket formulas: reliable little systems you can make while your brain goes mostly offline.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
AI models trained on proprietary data—decades of product formulas, sensor logs from machinery or customer transactions—can produce insights and predictions that off-the-shelf models can’t match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Physicists have spent decades trying to reproduce the process with mathematical equations, but deriving the necessary formulas proved exceptionally difficult.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
It frees a student from memorizing all formulas, such as pi to the fourth decimal, but not from knowing whether an answer is right, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Kerling didn't like Dasch's lackadaisical attitude toward their studies, and he hounded Dasch about learning the formulas.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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