v. 25B6; verb
the miners formulated a plan : DEVISE, conceive, work out, think up, lay, draw up, put together, form, produce, fashion, concoct, contrive, forge, hatch, prepare, develop; informal dream up.
this is how Marx formulated his question : EXPRESS, phrase, word, put into words, frame, couch, put, articulate, convey, say, state, utter.