formulate
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Hydrophobic compounds are substances that do not dissolve easily in water, a characteristic that can make certain medications difficult to formulate and deliver effectively.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
“The audience has finally gotten there, and now we can formulate a plan.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
He said that in coming years, groups might take advantage of AI to formulate much larger attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 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
I don't need to formulate a workable theory.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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As she formulates her proposal for a better answer, Ms. Horn laments that a knowledge of Jewish civilization is part of a “null curriculum”—history that is ignored in most American classrooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
She sits on her branch some fifteen feet above him, swinging her leg and looking off over the field while she formulates the dare.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The choice of cathode material, or how the electrolyte – which separates cathode and anode – is formulated are key details influencing the performance and longevity of sodium ion batteries.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
One was a standard laboratory medium, while the other was formulated to more closely match the nutrient composition found in the human body.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
"She formulated a philosophy of art she dubbed 'self-obliteration' based on simple motifs of obsessive repetition and proliferation," according to her website.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
A plan for the growing smell of rotten food was also still being formulated, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The actual model building would start right after lunch, and more concrete plans must be formulated to make the process efficient.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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School district officials had not been as wise in formulating their policies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
But instead of formulating a plan, the suit argued, the officers began yelling at him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 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
Senior state planners are formulating a five-year plan to lift domestic demand, acknowledging that the world’s second-largest economy currently faces an imbalance between “strong supply and weak demand.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
Hazel could almost see the gears turning inside the queen’s head, formulating a plan.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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