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But years before the sale, the family had been formulating a plan for its wealth that focused on family values but also held the members accountable.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2019

The prolific novelist and essayist had been formulating his thoughts on the bomb since the end of the war.

From Nature • May 29, 2018

Last week President Harriman cheerfully admitted that the Chamber had been formulating plans for regulating industry and agriculture as far back as 1931.

From Time Magazine Archive

It would be difficult for any man from Bedford to find me there, and I had plans in my mind which I hoped would forward the schemes which had been formulating there.

From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James

"Technically it's advertising," replied Average Jones, who had been formulating a shrewd little plan of his own.

From Average Jones by Adams, Samuel Hopkins