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verb

past tense of form
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Recent Examples of formed
Adjective
But the Diablo, with its perfectly formed, cohesive looks, triumphant engine, and surprising usability, might be the greatest bygone Raging Bull of them all. Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025 Cruickshank learned at 15 weeks that her pregnancy was not a formed fetus. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2023 One is obviously skewed to a pre-formed narrative. Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2013 Impossible Foods is selling frozen packs of six pre-formed, quarter-pound patties for $13.99 at select grocery stores. NBC News, 28 May 2021 Pre-formed wire skeletons are included to help give you a jump start. Meghan Kavanaugh, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for formed
Verb
  • Carter’s look comprised a corset top with crystal embellishments and matching pants featuring a slit around the knees to improve her mobility during the performance.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Each unit comprised a photon transceiver and a digital processing unit, and the devices were hooked together via 10 km of dedicated optical fiber.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Continuing the course for Orlando (21-15) includes the type of showing da Silva produced against the Raptors.
    Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The record is produced by Bad Bunny’s frequent collaborators, La Paciencia, MAG and Tainy, along with Big Jay and Saox.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Fighting In Kursk Last summer, Kyiv began a military incursion into the southwestern Russian region, which borders Ukraine's Sumy Oblast.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The grave became a place of veneration, then a site of controversy in the early 2000s when Little Round Top’s owner began to shoo away the curious.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In 2020, veteran NFL reporter Mike Sando of The Athletic, in response to a vocal segment of Seattle Seahawks fans who were clamoring at the time for the team to more prominently scheme the offense around Wilson, developed the Cook Index.
    Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Her casting closes a circle that started when she was linked to the video game adaptation when it was being developed as a movie.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Her commitment paid off, as her advocacy efforts gained traction and her impact on Louisiana’s cannabis landscape solidified.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • This dedication to heritage and quality has solidified its reputation for producing exceptional single malt Scotch whiskies.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team, which is composed of in-house writers and editors as well as contributors—along with special consideration from dermatologists.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The monument is composed of rocks transported from far and wide—impressive feats of shipping for its Neolithic builders.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But longtime close watchers of Epstein and his legal ordeal made the case in a series of posts on X that such a list may never emerge.
    Chad de Guzman, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
  • While significant progress has been made, more than 40% of the lands within the Wildlife Corridor remain unprotected and vulnerable to development.
    Haley Busch, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • With federal loans, the interest rate is determined by the year the loan originated, not by the characteristics of the borrower.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
  • There was something almost baptismal about stepping into the flow, which had originated in the hills east of Rome and soon enveloped me up to the waist in an icy caress.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Formed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/formed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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