Example Sentences

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Throughout the season people were formulating their theories as to the killer's identity, and Jan kept on coming up on a few discussion board threads.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2021

Last year, its executives were formulating the most aggressive business venture since Palmer helped found the company in 1995.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2019

Reagan approved the ideas they were formulating at a Camp David meeting in mid-August.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some two dozen other states were formulating their own codes or had already done so, but the White House was known to be hoping that New York's regulations would serve as a model for others.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps they were formulating their own theories about how Cedric had died.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling