Thesaurus results for FORMULATES

formulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of formulate

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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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 Milbon, for example, formulates around pearl peptides, spring water algae extract and black truffle to repair and nourish. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 At the beginning of disassembly, the system formulates a plan. — Kohava Mendelsohn, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2026 From there, an on-staff Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist formulates a custom meal plan just for your pooch. — Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Manucurist formulates its masks with panthenol, a form of vitamin B5, to hydrate and strengthen dry nails over time, reducing breakage. — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 4 July 2026 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. — 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

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At its core, gifting expresses human relationships, and receiving an item specifically chosen from a personal wish list delivers a far better experience than a surprise generated by an algorithm.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Anyone who expresses admiration, positivity, or sympathy for Art of Play is getting attacked by trolls.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 13 Oct. 2026

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The opening of the new facility comes as Merck prepares for the upcoming loss of exclusivity of Keytruda, which is one of the world's top-selling drugs and is widely viewed as the backbone of modern cancer treatment.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
The in-progress development notably includes insurance company Lockton’s future global headquarters in a new 176-foot tower as the firm prepares to move to Leawood from Country Club Plaza.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026

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Propagating the Chair To understand the geometric intuition behind the Chair44 shape, Tsiokos says, imagine a large cube composed of eight tiny cubes that are joined together.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
Changes in the adolescent brain make teenagers increasingly attentive to their social worlds, says Wayne State University psychology professor Hannah Schacter.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of says

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The man composes his responses with the help of a manual that instructs him on which incoming string of Chinese characters should be answered with which other string of Chinese characters.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Agent authority composes dynamically.

— Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of composes

Verb

It’s left to the audience to infer exactly what has transpired between them, but largely through omission, Wright’s script effectively articulates the burden of mental illness on family members.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
But even more so, the reparations movement articulates the need for a long-term process of undoing the damage done.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026

Definition of articulates

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In big cities, people like this tend to pay rent, which often puts them—to borrow some Marxist terminology—in an antagonistic relationship with the local petite bourgeoisie.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
As Hal puts it the next morning, the chilling effect is very effective.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

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