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The phrase "spent formative years" is an appropriate phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to a period of time in a person's life where they experienced growth and development. For example, "She spent her formative years growing up in the suburbs."
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Many spent formative years abroad.
But like Mr. Hu, Mr. Xi also spent formative years in the provincial hinterlands.
He was born in Minnesota and spent formative years in Berkeley, Calif.; Canada and Swedenn.
Ms. Taymor, who spent formative years studying in Indonesia, favors highly stylized, dancelike gestures.
Gandhi spent formative years as a political activist in South Africa.
He spent formative years, in 1934-40, in Washington DC, during the New Deal.
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Roberts has spent decades building his family's business with bold acquisitions, and his long-time business partner, Burke, spent his formative years at Disney.
They spent their formative years roughhousing.
Leon Golub, H. C. Westermann and Elizabeth Murray spent their formative years in Chicago.
Mangold spent his formative years as a freestyle swimmer.
Mr López Obrador spent his formative years in the PRI.
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