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format

[fawr-mat] / ˈfɔr mæt /




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For the highly anticipated decision, the court sat in plenary formation, meaning that 11 judges took part instead of the usual five -- a format reserved for important cases.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

The other characteristic of Eurovision is the song format – no more than three minutes, no more than six people on stage, and no backing band, only taped music.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

The film will be displayed in its original 16:9 format on the Cosm screen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

A senior administration official said Xi appeared unwilling to engage in unscripted exchanges with his counterparts, saying the format demand raised questions about whether Beijing is ready for direct engagement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

In the last centuries before 3000 B.C., developments in accounting technology, format, and signs rapidly led to the first system of writing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

“Individuals can negotiate the medium they use, although the formats lean in certain directions and nudge them to interact in particular ways,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Jones, who turned 80 on Monday, won 12 grands prix in his career and raced competitively in other formats until 2002.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Google has been experimenting with different ad formats within AI surfaces, Flax told MarketWatch, and he believes the company will be able to effectively monetize those conversational queries in the long term.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Streaming, physical formats and licensing all posted gains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Because these tools are delivered over the Internet and written in standard Web formats, they are accessible to anyone who has an Internet connection and are easily interoperable with any business.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

"AI thrives on recognising patterns. And legal citations and arguments are always formatted in the same way, so it's easy for an AI to follow a template and generate fake ones," said Charlotin.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

However, Wells participated in a CBP webinar last week, so she knew how to create a properly formatted file herself, and quickly made her submission on Monday morning.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026

It confesses to writing like “a painfully neutral Midwestern news anchor reading off a perfectly formatted teleprompter.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

His style was laid back, conversational and a contrast to the highly formatted slick patter of many other DJs.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024

“Yeah. I like how you’ve formatted your skill set.”

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

While both phones and laptops now have high-quality cameras, the formatting is a dead giveaway that you’re not on a laptop, says Melissa Marcus, a career coach who worked as a recruiter for 20 years.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Some journals are experimenting with artificial intelligence to screen submissions or flag common problems, like issues with document formatting.

From Slate ● May 3, 2026

But they demand long hours—sometimes over 100-hour weeks—spent doing basic tasks, like formatting slide decks or filling in spreadsheets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

The runaway success of “Squid Game” was definitive proof that audiences are looking for the spark of originality in familiar formatting, and that language is no barrier when it comes to streaming entertainment.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024

While I was formatting the text from earlier—the one for Another Rachel—a new submission popped up.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows


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