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as in expresses
to convey in appropriate or telling terms
the doctor was trying to formulate a good way to tell her that she would need surgery
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as in prepares
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form
a writer planning to formulate a response to what he considered a very unfair review of his work
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Recent Examples of formulates
Best chrome wheel cleaner Best cleaners While many detailing brands use a one-cleaner-fits-all approach to wheels, Meguiar’s specifically formulates theirs for chrome.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Royal Canin offers food for adults from small to large dogs and also formulates product lines for specific breeds.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
The Sherwin-Williams site in Rochester formulates coatings that are transported by truck to distributors and blending facilities.
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Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
That same logic is built into Laundry Sauce, which formulates its detergents specifically for cold-water performance, combining enzyme cleaning with fragrance designed to adhere to fabric.
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Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
Around the same time that the Obamas send out holiday greetings, Barack also formulates his year-end lists, highlighting his favorites across movies, television, music and books.
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Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
21 Dec. 2025
One million of these children are destitute, going without their most basic needs of staying warm, dry, clothed and fed being met, according to a 2023 study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which studies poverty and formulates policy to tackle it.
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Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
24 Nov. 2025
Israel's government is dominated by far-right proponents of the settler movement including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who formulates settlement policy, and Cabinet minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the nation's police force.
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NPR,
13 Nov. 2025
Mixsoon also formulates with tiger grass to really heal the skin from the inside out.
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Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
22 Sep. 2025
Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
Royal Canin offers food for adults from small to large dogs and also formulates product lines for specific breeds.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
The Sherwin-Williams site in Rochester formulates coatings that are transported by truck to distributors and blending facilities.
—
Meghan Schiller,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
That same logic is built into Laundry Sauce, which formulates its detergents specifically for cold-water performance, combining enzyme cleaning with fragrance designed to adhere to fabric.
—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
Around the same time that the Obamas send out holiday greetings, Barack also formulates his year-end lists, highlighting his favorites across movies, television, music and books.
—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
21 Dec. 2025
One million of these children are destitute, going without their most basic needs of staying warm, dry, clothed and fed being met, according to a 2023 study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which studies poverty and formulates policy to tackle it.
—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
24 Nov. 2025
Israel's government is dominated by far-right proponents of the settler movement including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who formulates settlement policy, and Cabinet minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the nation's police force.
—
NPR,
13 Nov. 2025
Mixsoon also formulates with tiger grass to really heal the skin from the inside out.
—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for formulates
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Someone expresses displeasure, raises their voice slightly or applies the soft pressure of sustained silence, and the original position softens, shifts or vanishes entirely.
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Written in a style disarming and gently subversive, Slaughterhouse-Five expresses outrage at war that even now remains in opposition to conventional wisdom.
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As the country prepares to mark its semiquincentennial, or 250th birthday, the splashiest celebrations in Washington are being shaped by corporate money.
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Guilherme Passos monitors and prepares Brazil’s national team for extreme heat as a sport scientist at the Brazilian Football Federation.
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The Canadian report says only 28 human cases have been reported in Canada since 1924, while the CDC reports fewer than 10 people die from rabies each year in the United States.
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The two-story space features professional recording studios, podcast and video suites, co-working lounges and meeting spaces, which are slated to open by early next year once permits are approved, Ihm says.
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Agent authority composes dynamically.
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Each night, the chef composes a refined tasting menu, featuring two appetizers, a choice of two entrées, and a dessert.
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Collecting is often a function of loss, an attempt to save something that might otherwise disappear, as the volume’s final essay poignantly articulates.
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Phil Baxter, working minimally with fruit from the renowned Ferrington Vineyard, articulates the skill in his work as knowing what not to do.
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However, some state workers currently using public transit have questions about capacity, especially as declining state and federal transit funding puts a strain on transit agencies.
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That puts her in the club of four other millionaire authors on the bench – Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas.
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