forming

verb

present participle of form
1
as in crystallizing
to take on a definite form my ideas on the subject are just starting to form

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2
as in comprising
to be all the substance of this one sentence really forms the basis of your argument

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3
as in producing
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials formed the pot out of the clay

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4
as in starting
to come into existence the new company formed from two smaller ones

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5
as in developing
to come to have gradually I don't want you beginning skiers to form any bad habits

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Recent Examples of forming Agent 12, for example, spent most of its time forming shapes such as a compass or a clock, and figures such as a butterfly or a sailboat. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026 For a black artist like myself, forming and writing songs for a boy band is a form of code ditching, a way of seizing aesthetics and timbres that have been unduly withheld from my predecessors. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 Netanyahu has been a master at forming coalitions with religious and nationalist partners, but opinion polls suggest a tight race between his bloc and the one led by Eisenkot. — Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 Approximately one week after the official results are published, President Isaac Herzog will task a member of the Knesset with forming a government. — Matt Bradley, NBC news, 26 Oct. 2026 Eisenkot drove him to his unit’s base, where lines of cars were already forming as reservists converged. — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026 Under Israel’s system, even if Eisenkot’s party finishes first, the president does not automatically task him with forming the government. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 This process drives out loose chlorine ions, forming a dense matrix of interconnected indium, oxygen, and phosphorus bonds. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Someone out there is in those forming years, waiting for that moment. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forming
  1. crystallizing
  2. comprising
  3. producing
  4. starting
  5. developing
  6. connecting
  7. composing
  8. making
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  • Read on for some thoughts on Microsoft’s crystallizing Windows strategy, my hands-on experience with the new search box, and a disappointing change coming soon for Microsoft 365 users.
    — Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • There was also a sense of celebration at completing five years of the three day, bi-annual event, which has been crystallizing and finding a sharper focus each season.
    — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of crystallizing
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  • The work involved the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation Program Office and an integrated test team comprising personnel from the Navy, Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In practice, that’s resulted in an evolving wealth of SKUs across bags, footwear, and ready-to-wear, comprising new releases and updates on brand heroes.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of comprising
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  • Whether praying together before a game or giving high-fives after touchdowns, the Palos Verdes duo keeps producing on short slants or deep posts.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Eshelman threw for 291 yards while also producing a game-high 136 rushing yards.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of producing
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  • Any function whose work can be pointed at a proper model of its underlying business, instead of at a general-purpose language model, is starting to compound the same way Anthropic’s engineering did a year ago.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Charged with home invasion at 16, he was sentenced to eight years in prison as an adult, starting his sentence at age 17.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of starting
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  • In the filing, Anthropic acknowledged that its future relies on outpacing its competition in developing increasingly capable and complex large language models.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond shortening competition times, the changes put particular emphasis on the roles of Goddard and JPL for developing NASA's science missions.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of developing
Verb
  • The initiative will also offer mentorship and hands-on exposure to careers in stagecraft, design and production for Y members from ages 16 to 24, and talk-backs connecting live theater to the Y’s civic leadership programs.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • AngelAi is being positioned to take the interaction further, connecting the conversation to calculations, decisions, applications, and transactions.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of connecting
Verb
  • Gash love composing songs whose intersecting lines set the entire mood of the song—jarring, dreamy, or nostalgic—in the style of art-house sampling.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Lyall pulled out his phone and began composing a message for Claude, the AI app from Anthropic.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of composing
Verb
  • Know More Some Republicans don’t want any administration making forays into the private sector with public money.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • And Musk’s reference to SpaceX making between $500 billion and $1 trillion in annual revenue by the end of 2027 vastly eclipsed the Street’s estimate of $186 billion.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of making

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“Forming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forming. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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