formulation
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articulation, expression, phrasing, statement, utterance, verbalism, voice, wording
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While more and more brands are routinely adding new extended shades to their already existing foundation collections, Uoma has created entirely unique formulations for different of skin tones. — Tanisha Pina, Glamour, "Uoma Beauty Is Showing How to Launch a Brand in 2019," 26 Apr. 2019 Some farmers have blamed dicamba for drifting onto neighboring fields and damaging crops, though Bayer said its new formulation of dicamba is designed to better hold where it is sprayed. — Jacob Bunge, WSJ, "China’s GMO Ruling Hands U.S. Farmers New Tool in Battle Against Weeds," 8 Jan. 2019 The result is a drug many times more dangerous than its original formulation; with the recent addition of chemical synthetics like fentanyl, illicit heroin now regularly kills its consumers. — Kathleen Frydl, Vox, "Why we should abolish ICE — and the DEA too," 14 Aug. 2018 Some formulations of alcohol and chlorhexidine do not kill them easily, tests have shown, although chlorine does. — NBC News, "Virus looks like flu, acts like flu, but it's not influenza," 28 Jan. 2018 According to Jow, there is no standard dye formulation and that are a variety of dyes out there being used, some of which contain preservatives that aren’t regulated. — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, "What is Eyebrow Tinting, Anyway?," 1 Feb. 2019 Clarifying Lotion, $13 Created by a dermatologist, this clarifying lotion comes in four formulations for different skin types helps to prep skin for moisturizer. — Tiffany Dodson, SELF, "Ulta Is Having a 50 Percent Off Sale on Skin-Care—Here’s Everything I Want," 18 Jan. 2019 Many parents already are giving children unregulated CBD formulations that are available in medical marijuana dispensaries in the many states where such operations are legal. — Laurie Mcginley, Washington Post, "First marijuana-derived drug is on the verge of approval," 23 June 2018 It is often prescribed as Vivitrol, the brand name of an extended-release formulation. — Rita Giordano, Philly.com, "Opioid addiction treatment with medicine works best. Why don't more young people get it?," 11 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'formulation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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