formative
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A pair of other, longer journeys, also proved formative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Even a short spell as Neet in one's formative years can damage mental health, impact future career opportunities and reduce lifetime earnings," said Abrahams.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
By the time he graduated in 2002, the startup had failed and the bubble had burst, a formative experience that fostered his interest in entrepreneurship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
And now, all of these years later, you feel ostracized from your remaining family and, more than that, you were left with a few mementoes of those formative years and no inheritance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Enoch had spent his formative years in London and claimed to still know its streets, so he led.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
So formatives: stare and stair, starling; steer, sterling; shere, sherrif; child, children; kind, kindred; know, knollege; and dhe rest.
From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by Elphinston, James
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