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formulate

[fawr-myuh-leyt] / ˈfɔr mjəˌleɪt /


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Wendy’s also withdrew its outlook for the year, saying its new management needs time to fully assess the business opportunities and formulate a comprehensive turnaround plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

But the offer enables us to formulate a possible structure: that of an unequal relationship between two human worlds, perhaps even a durable social asymmetry between the Neanderthal and Sapiens groups.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

AFP has a deal with Mistral allowing the company's chatbot to draw on the news agency's articles to formulate responses.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Radcliffe hoped they would formulate a set of bipartisan recommendations to the state legislature.

From Salon May 12, 2026

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

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

In the story, experimental author Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, incensed by the kind of Black stories that sell, formulates a fraud to pay for care of his declining mom.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2023

She sits on her branch some fifteen feet above him, swinging her leg and looking off over the field while she formulates the dare.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

That publication has been a proponent for changing, extending or rejecting the legal definition of genocide enshrined in the 1948 Genocide Convention, formulated by Jewish jurist Raphael Lemkin.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Angelica Salas, who heads one of Los Angeles’ most influential immigrant rights groups, met regularly last summer with City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez — himself the son of Mexican immigrants — as they formulated a response.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

Drinking a specially formulated tomato-soy juice rich in plant compounds linked to health benefits reduced several markers of inflammation in adults with obesity after just four weeks, according to new research.

From Science Daily May 30, 2026

"Lengthy WhatsApp conversations between senior officials and ministers appear now to be the format by which government policy is formulated."

From BBC May 15, 2026

Vonetta and Fern eyed the wooden sticks and formulated ideas about turning them into hairpins, play-fight swords, and pickup sdcks.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia

The U.S. has no federal laws requiring AI companies to either restrict or disclose queries about making weapons or formulating plans that pose a safety threat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 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

The BBC understands UK government officials are also formulating plans to potentially evacuate British nationals from the Middle East, should airspace in the region remain closed.

From BBC Mar. 1, 2026

The bank denied the Journal’s reporting in January that a top Goldman executive told a few close associates he was formulating a contingency plan in which Ruemmler would leave later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

The idea of an omnipotent creator God may help in formulating a theory of laws of nature, but it seems wrong to claim that it is a necessary precondition.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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