formulate
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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
It was this link between one-way genetic flow, patrilocality, and the non-reciprocity of exchange that led me, in Néandertal nu in 2022, to formulate the singular paradox: “Neanderthal, Sapiens: I love you… me neither.”
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
AFP news agency has a deal with Mistral allowing the startup's chatbot to draw on the news agency's articles to formulate responses.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Before I can even formulate words, Dutchy—Luke—says, “This is crazy, but I have to leave. I have a gig.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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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
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 team investigated a version of gravity known as Einstein-Cartan theory, formulated in 7 dimensions on a mathematical structure called a G2-manifold with torsion.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
“The officers formulated a plan and safely took the suspects into custody.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
"Lengthy WhatsApp conversations between senior officials and ministers appear now to be the format by which government policy is formulated."
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Through a partnership with sustainability brand ChoViva—owned by Germany’s Planet A Foods—it created a product formulated from fermented and roasted sunflower seeds and oats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Everything we sold was enriched with antioxidants or enhanced with natural super-fruit extracts or formulated for health and beauty.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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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
It brought to power Carney, a former central banker who had spent the years after the 2008-09 financial crisis formulating a thesis that the West was overreliant on a single, increasingly unpredictable country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
You’re not formulating an answer when you’re watching a movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Government officials are understood to be formulating potential plans to evacuate UK nationals, should airspace in the region remain closed.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 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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