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arrangement, configuration, conformation, format, layout, setout, setup
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In addition, breaks help restore your focus on your overarching goals, increase creativity and improve memory formation. 5. — Ryan Korstange, The Conversation, "5 tips for college students to avoid burnout," 19 Aug. 2019 All of Encana’s projects in the Permian Basin this year have targeted the prolific Spraberry formation. — Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, "Drilling Down: Encana roars back to life with Permian Basin projects," 19 Aug. 2019 On one play against Minnesota last season, New Orleans had three quarterbacks on the field at the same time, putting Hill in shotgun and bookending the formation with Brees and Teddy Bridgewater as decoy receivers. — Los Angeles Times, "Column: Saints’ Taysom Hill is a do-it-all quarterback still perfecting his game," 18 Aug. 2019 This leads to the LBs coming off the field often and Denver relying on a lot of nickel and dime formations on defense. — Matt De Lima, SI.com, "Fantasy Football: The Invaluable Three-Down Linebacker on Each Team's Roster," 17 Aug. 2019 Coach Peter Lofthouse, hired in March 2018 to take over after longtime coach Jeff Brinkley retired, was still doing things like assembling his staff and trying to install new concepts and formations. — Matt Szabo, Daily Pilot, "High School Football Preview: Newport Harbor vies for more Sunset League relevance," 15 Aug. 2019 But like each of the other proposed formation channels for black hole mergers, the triple process has pieces that researchers still need to figure out. — Quanta Magazine, "To Make Two Black Holes Collide, Try Three," 15 Aug. 2019 Coaches must alter formations and flip plays, because lefties drop back and run play-action fakes differently. — Sam Fortier, courant.com, "Why aren’t there any left-handed quarterbacks in the NFL?," 15 Aug. 2019 Three weeks later, on July 25, another 16 Marines were arrested during battalion formation in connection with the alleged smuggling operation and unspecified drug offenses. — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, "12 Camp Pendleton Marines arrested in July face charges in smuggling operation," 12 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'formation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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