formative

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"The four planets we studied will likely contract into 'super-Earths' and 'sub-Neptunes' -- the most common types of planets in our galaxy, but we've never had such a clear picture of them in their formative years."

From Science Daily

In Florence, where the artist grew up and spent his formative years, drawing was considered fundamental.

From The Wall Street Journal

The author also describes the formative decades when Mr. Sanders—born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to unhappy blue-collar Jewish parents—scrapped his way through high school and college before moving to rural Vermont in 1968.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the setback, in some ways, proved formative.

From BBC

This process led to the birth of the first stars and marked the start of the cosmic dawn, a formative period in the universe's history.

From Science Daily