formative
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Unfortunately, work has also faded as a formative experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
It was a messy and indecisive conflict, but its importance as a formative event in Canada’s multilingual, multicultural national identity was enormous.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
“Denise has led our revenue organization through a formative period for the business and has worked tirelessly to get the team to where it is today,” said Greg Brockman, president and co-founder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Blur's Dave Rowntree will also share the tales behind the band's formative years through unheard stories alongside candid photos from his new bestselling book, No One You Know.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
And although it is hazardous to assume any of this had formative effects on his character, it is equally an exaggeration to say that Eratosthenes grew up breathing an atmosphere of pure royalist docility.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
So formatives: stare and stair, starling; steer, sterling; shere, sherrif; child, children; kind, kindred; know, knollege; and dhe rest.
From A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy by James Elphinston
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