formulate

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They would take years to formulate and years longer to impact profits.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Alex’s reporting focuses in particular on the inner workings of the National Security Council and how top players in an administration formulate and execute foreign policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

"Computational models, like ours, can be used to formulate new hypotheses about real biological populations," she says.

From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025

Although the compact has not been offered to UC, university officials are studying its contents to better understand Trump’s positions on higher education and formulate a negotiation strategy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

One only has to formulate this possibility to see that it must be wrong.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton