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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are a formula" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that serves as a method or approach to achieve a particular result or outcome.
Example: "The steps outlined in the manual are a formula for success in project management."
Alternatives: "constitute a formula" or "serve as a formula".
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are a formula
noun
The name of the Appendix:Latin script
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The standards are a formula using high school grades and standardized test scores.
In an enlarged Union, voting rules will indeed need to be changed, because with many more members it will be harder to form winning coalitions: truly, the present rules are a formula for paralysis.
A reduced cost structure, a revenue beat, a return-of-the-CEO, and new games are a formula that investors appear to cheer.
They are a formula for economic stagnation because they are a recipe for the destruction of America's middle class.
Vouchers, drastically cut funding for education, and blaming "unions" but not teachers (because as we all know, Mitt Romney loves teachers) are a formula for destroying public education.
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There is a formula here.
"There was a formula".
"A recipe is a formula," he said.
In American cinema, there's a formula.
"Bones," "Elementary," "Perception" — it's a formula.
It's a formula for ambiguity.
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