Thesaurus results for FORMULATE

formulate

verb

ˈfȯr-myə-ˌlāt

Definition of formulate

as in to express

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 to prepare

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 formulate The thickening shampoos and conditioners are formulated with argan oil, biotin, collagen, keratin and saw palmetto. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 This includes interpreting standing rules and precedents, advising on the wording of motions, helping formulate statements, and answering parliamentary inquiries or points of order. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 For cats that need a larger calorie reduction, Yeo said a veterinary weight-management diet may be safer than simply serving much less of their usual food because it is formulated to provide adequate nutrients with fewer calories. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Austin Mock’s College Football Projection Model takes into account play-by-play level data, adjusts for opponents and uses recruiting and transfer portal data to formulate a power rating for every team. — Austin Mock, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for formulate

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Rapper Eminem expressed his admiration and sorrow at never getting to meet her.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Some Black shoppers, who felt alienated after Target’s 2025 DEI rollbacks, expressed fresh disappointment on Monday.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

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The e-commerce giant is preparing to launch its Prime Air service in Tracy as part of a broader expansion effort that will bring delivery drones to 500 cities and towns by the end of the year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Many of the dozens missing in its environs were foreign nationals, chiefly Indian or Indian-origin pilgrims who were returning from, or preparing to make, the journey further into Tibet to Mount Kailash, a holy site for Hindus and Buddhists.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

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Other areas of concern are the library system's self-check-out kiosks, instances in which minor teenagers handle materials while working or volunteering at a branch, and platforms for loaning electronic materials, Adams said.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
If the show is now being repositioned as just for people who are fresh out of design school or who have made just one or two gowns before (like, cough, our beloved Jude), then say that.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

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While some of the color contrasts do articulate planar shifts, such as the candy-stripe lips (red for upper, pink for lower), many of the touches are arbitrary splotches that neither bolster a shape nor set another off.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Call it Comer 2035, a vision separate from the system’s broader Elevate 2035 plan that would articulate Comer’s pediatric-specific values and commitments.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of articulate

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Jones was drafted in 2023 with the idea of being an electric inside-outside mix player with an ability to bring juice to the return game.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Gemini's agents can assist with contract review and redlining, legal and policy research, regulatory monitoring, drafting NDAs, preparing documents for redaction, creating contracting playbooks and handling data-subject access requests.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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