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The phrase "a formative influence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that has a significant impact on the development or shaping of a person, idea, or situation.
Example: "Her teacher was a formative influence in her decision to pursue a career in science."
Alternatives: "a shaping force" or "a significant impact".
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See also Jonathan Burrows was a formative influence on Khan.
(Havana had a formative influence on the music, along with New Orleans, Chicago and New York).
Clementine cites Antony Hegarty as a formative influence, and certainly there are vocal similarities.
Mr. Koons has remained a formative influence, judging by the works assembled here.
Nor that she was a formative influence on Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol.
It survived only three years, but was a formative influence in establishing an independent modern dance sector.
As with many journalists of a certain age, the television show Press Gang was a formative influence on Lisa Smosarski.
So Marclay seems to be engaging with a formative influence here, and that's something that always intrigues me.
The son of a barbershop quartet singer, Mr. Fischer cited his father's preoccupation as a formative influence.
Here and there -- see for example the bottom panels on Page 93 of the present volume -- she seems to tip her hat to a formative influence, Matisse.
For Kim Jones, the most exciting menswear designer to have emerged from London in the past few years, the colour of sportswear has been a formative influence.
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