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formation

[fawr-mey-shuhn] / fɔrˈmeɪ ʃən /


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Oil-and-gas production has surged in Argentina’s massive Vaca Muerta shale formation, while mining, particularly lithium and copper, has attracted fresh investment and brought in much-needed dollars through exports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Both could play in a two or three man central defensive formation.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The Black struggle for voting rights perhaps best exemplifies how Black activism was critical to the formation of the Reconstruction Amendments.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Scientists are also studying the formation of unusually large ice chunks called megacryometeors that can fall from the sky even on clear, sunny days.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Klava and Galya knew that the other pilots in the formation could see the flames streaking behind them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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