formula
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Some states require employers to offer a “buyout” option, or a fixed amount or formula the employee can pay to get out of a non-compete agreement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
By and large, this formula has not worked because studios demand accessibility, even from the artistes.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
It also made drastic changes to the formula used to allocate funds, with more money directed towards areas assessed as having higher levels of need and less ability to raise income locally through council tax.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s an unorthodox formula that has turned him into a monster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
When it's too dry or mixed in the wrong formula, almost anything can set it off, without warning.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
The Department for Education in England has said students in maths, physics, and combined science exams will be allowed to use formulae and equation sheets.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
The complex interactions of fluid and soft matter physics prove challenging to simplify into cut-and-dried formulae.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
"Negotiations are not just mathematical formulae but also personal relationships. And trust. Unfortunately, today we are losing a measure of trust in us," Podolyak said.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2023
Pupils also had advance information about exam content, a choice of topics in some subjects, and additional resources in certain exams such as formulae sheets.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2022
He turned his back to the class and began erasing formulae from the slate board.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
"Resolving regional issues must be carried out away from formulas imposed from the outside. We know very well that solutions imported from abroad only bring disasters," he told the Saudi-owned newspaper.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Strict lender formulas limit how much a fund can borrow against its investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The goal is to use as much of that material as possible and develop magnet formulas tailored to the resources already available.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Even more impressively, he has earned a reputation for doing so mid-tournament - tweaking his system game by game to land on formulas that win the World Cup or come very close to doing so.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The engineers’ job was to come up with the theories and formulas that advanced the nation’s aviation know-how; the computers performed and checked calculations to ensure that the engineers’ ideas worked.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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