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formulate

[fawr-myuh-leyt] / ˈfɔr mjəˌleɪt /


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It also included a one-tap option to use Gemini’s deep-research capabilities to gather some recent developments at this firm and formulate questions based on them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 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

But when he kneels down in front of me, I am too surprised to formulate any thoughts at all.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The DH is, therefore, "unable to move forward on this matter whilst the UK Government formulates its position in response to the recommendations".

From BBC Mar. 9, 2026

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

The executive council formulates a recommendation to all clubs, which must approve the move by at least three-quarters vote.

From Washington Times Jun. 15, 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

During the 2009 H1N1 “swine” flu pandemic, getting newly formulated shots “took a lot longer than we hoped,” Pan said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

That question naturally leads to another: Could quantum mechanics be formulated using only real numbers?

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 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

I doubt this, because Copernicus seems to have assumed that the correct theory must already have been formulated: he needed to read until he found it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The simplest way of formulating that question: Is there any objective sense in which a man can become a woman or vice versa?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 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

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

In his speech, Streeting said Labour had suffered from an "overcautiousness" when formulating policies in opposition.

From BBC May 17, 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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