formula
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Diligence, persistence, and guile are part of the formula.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
The formula made them rich, enabling the family, which had added a third daughter, to move from Long Island to a home on a half-acre plot in Miami Beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Concluding his formula couldn’t survive the American paycheck, Krinsky informed his staff he was closing the plant on July 31.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
He found a winning formula with his co-stars, who performed makeovers on gardens belonging to members of the public.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
He pours the steaming water into the mug with precision, adds two perfect spoonfuls of sugar, and methodically stirs the sugar like he’s making a formula.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
"We wanted to see whether the starting point of his formulae fit naturally into some physics," says Sinha.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025
Students had formulae and equation sheets in some subjects, and were not tested on unfamiliar vocabulary in modern foreign language exams.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2023
"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
In this they are quite unlike testimonies, which degrade as they pass from ear to ear in an endless game of Chinese whispers; eighteenth-century probability theorists actually devised formulae for calculating this rate of degradation.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Sun says Chinese production companies often replicate successful formulas, with only minor tweaks - and that's something Heather has noticed, too.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The annual adjustments, which are required by law, are based on formulas tied to inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
In buildings without submeters, tenants are often billed by third-party companies that use opaque formulas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
This is why I have come to appreciate what I think of as back-pocket formulas: reliable little systems you can make while your brain goes mostly offline.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
I just wish I knew what the formulas did.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
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