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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as in prepares

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 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 Around the same time that the Obamas send out holiday greetings, Barack also formulates his year-end lists, highlighting his favorites across movies, television, music and books. —

Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025 One million of these children are destitute, going without their most basic needs of staying warm, dry, clothed and fed being met, according to a 2023 study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which studies poverty and formulates policy to tackle it. —

Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025 Israel's government is dominated by far-right proponents of the settler movement including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who formulates settlement policy, and Cabinet minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the nation's police force. —

NPR, 13 Nov. 2025 Mixsoon also formulates with tiger grass to really heal the skin from the inside out. —

Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 22 Sep. 2025

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The approach suits the perspective bandleader Kylie Gaspard expresses across the EP, of someone lost in their head and trying to make sense of the world around them.

— Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2026
When the brain leaves survival mode Anxiety is often the first way the body expresses overload.

— Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026