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Guitarrica’s fortuitous relationship with music emerged from the time he spent during his formative years in his grandparents’ Spanish village of less than 100 people, Las Cuevas de Cañart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
While “The Social Reckoning” might stand in the shadow of its formative predecessor, the film confidently asserts its own merit.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Money plays a pretty formative role in these races.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
When Matt Trivella of Boston was younger, returning a computer joystick that he bought with his allowance was so satisfying that the moment became a formative experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Enoch had spent his formative years in London and claimed to still know its streets, so he led.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
So formatives: stare and stair, starling; steer, sterling; shere, sherrif; child, children; kind, kindred; know, knollege; and dhe rest.
From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by James Elphinston
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