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formation

[fawr-mey-shuhn] / fɔrˈmeɪ ʃən /


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Simon Kuznets believed in “secondary secular movements” or “long swings” linked to population and capital formation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

On the three-year weekly chart, the stock appears to be carving out what could become the right clavicle of a larger bearish head-and-shoulders formation.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

His all-Oxford intellectual formation comes out of the post-“Great Financial Crisis” macro-finance school that views financial crises as driven by leverage cycles, liquidity spirals and risk-taking channels as much as by the traditional business cycle.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

They break away from the formation and leave.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

They lined up in front of Frank, putting their shields together in a ragged defensive formation.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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