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formulate

[fawr-myuh-leyt] / ˈfɔr mjəˌleɪt /


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She’ll even, at times, fire it up to formulate a response to the person standing next to her.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 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

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

Faison: When the pandemic happened, Zach and I did a rewatch podcast of “Scrubs,” and that’s where all of this started to formulate again.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

She could not allow Elowen to take over her mind, and she began to formulate a plan to prevent it from happening.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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

Mr. Schumer is seeking to craft a comprehensive AI bill and has started talking with his House Republican counterparts as he formulates such a legislative package.

From Washington Times Oct. 3, 2023

“Who formulates the policies of these two companies?”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

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

Plans are being formulated for the months ahead and the band's members have different ambitions for the future.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

“The officers formulated a plan and safely took the suspects into custody.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

There he formulated his concept of sea power, centered the college’s curriculum around it, and earned international acclaim for his writing.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

Nothing was brought together, or formulated in public.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

Pan also said the bank is formulating tools to provide emergency liquidity to nonbank institutions during a crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

He was well on the way to formulating, entirely independently, Galileo’s law of fall.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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