formative

Example Sentences

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What could put the Mariners over the top would be breakthroughs from two players still in their formative years.

From Seattle Times

Scholars believe that Section 230 was responsible for the web’s mighty growth in its formative years.

From Washington Post

These culinary lessons by way of television programming were formative in a way that might even feel silly or overwrought to some — how the heck could some 30 minute TV shows cultivate such a passion?

From Salon

He learned early how to navigate an evolving country and party that was stacked with segregationists in Carter’s formative political years before coming to embrace civil rights.

From Seattle Times

Born and raised in Clapham, south-west London, Prof Arday, a sociologist, says formative moments included watching Nelson Mandela's release from prison on television and South Africa's symbolic triumph in the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

From BBC