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For Parks, now an accomplished author, the book was a formative introduction to suspense.

50 YEARS LATER, ‘THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK’ IS STILL SELLING — AND INSPIRING AUTHORSDANNY FREEDMANJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POST

The other recent fast-charging breakthrough is at a more formative stage, but it wouldn’t necessarily require upgrades to existing fast charging infrastructure.

NEW FAST-CHARGING, LOW-COST BATTERIES COULD BE A GAME-CHANGER FOR ELECTRIC CARSEDD GENTJANUARY 25, 2021SINGULARITY HUB

It turns out, as childhood magic tricks go, there was no real bewitchery, just fresh ingredients that I paid little attention to during those formative years.

TRINIDAD-STYLE ALOO AND CHANNA INFUSES AN INDIAN CLASSIC WITH CARIBBEAN FLAVORBRIGID WASHINGTONJANUARY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POST

What helped Andy in particular become that sort of uber-competitor was having an older brother who’s a bit bigger and a bit stronger than him through most of his formative years.

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The time spent with America’s best miler was formative for Magness.

INSIDE A SECRET RUNNING PROGRAM AT NIKE AND A WIN-AT-ALL-COSTS CORPORATE CULTURERACHEL KINGOCTOBER 6, 2020FORTUNE

I found it deeply formative for how I approach problem solving and partnership with a servant leadership mindset.

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Politically they have been neglected, until the Citizens' Union gave them a formative part in political decisions.

THE LEAVEN IN A GREAT CITYLILLIAN WILLIAM BETTS

If children are not in schools, they are yet subject to influences that are formative of character.

THOUGHTS ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS AND INSTITUTIONSGEORGE S. BOUTWELL

Consequently, we find that behind all systems of primitive religion lies the formative background of natural phenomena.

MYTHS OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIADONALD A. MACKENZIE

In its literal sense Bildung implies a shaping and formative action.