formulating
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You’re not formulating an answer when you’re watching a movie.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Most of us are not good listeners, me included, because we’re formulating an answer instead of just totally taking it in.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
In a book to be published Tuesday, “Poisoned Ivies,” Ms. Stefanik recalls formulating the question only after the three presidents had spent hours offering evasive, noncommittal answers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Government officials are understood to be formulating potential plans to evacuate UK nationals, should airspace in the region remain closed.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Consequently, the Greeks and the Romans were incapable of formulating the idea of laws of nature, and without them they could not develop modern science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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