formative
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His mother planned every detail of those very first, life-changing flights with her son in mind, and that gift is one formative enough to last an eternity.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
As business publication Fast Company noted, Backrooms is among several recent liminal space titles "shaped by Gen Z's most traumatic formative years".
From BBC • May 29, 2026
We’ve both found that learning to spend is difficult in the face of lifelong formative habits.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Alexandra Silber spent much of her theater career with classic musicals, and several formative years studying acting in Scotland, so she felt it was her fate to adapt Lerner and Loewe’s 1947 fantasy romp, “Brigadoon.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
Thus vindicating those who bore influence in her formative years.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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