formative
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He had Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt to contend with in his formative years, then Nadal - and later Djokovic - emerged.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Perhaps in the new technologies’ formative stages of development this yields valuable insights from far and wide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Fugard’s friendship — along with that of fellow Serpent Player Winston Ntshona — became among the most formative of Kani’s life.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
However, his formative years were spent far from Benin.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
She spoke as if she had spent her formative years in some boarding school, walking around with a big-lettered sweater tied around her shoulders.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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