formation
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Both could play in a two or three man central defensive formation.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Scientists are also studying the formation of unusually large ice chunks called megacryometeors that can fall from the sky even on clear, sunny days.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
The political formation enjoyed a heyday for a number of years before sinking into a glacial decline, its currency dwindling in most places except for Bluesky, where it still thrives.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
In an interview with analysts at Mizuho, Saylor says that he sees the next runup in bitcoin prices coming from “the formation of banking credit and digital credit on top of Bitcoin.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
“Gentlemen who had been present at the formation of this Constitution”—Baldwin himself had been one such gentleman—could not avoid the recollection of the pain and difficulty which the subject caused in that body.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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