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format

[fawr-mat] / ˈfɔr mæt /




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Zuckerberg is no stranger to the long-winded essay format.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Much of “Lanterns,” created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, follows a fairly unremarkable format.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

“They challenge some of the old ways of just approaching docs as a format of naturalist storytelling,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

After IBM’s Deep Blue beat world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, chess began experimenting with a format that allowed human players to consult computer engines.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 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

OpenAI is spinning up carousel-style product ads in ChatGPT as it expands its e-commerce formats.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Cricket statisticians include The Hundred data in T20 records, meaning Buttler now has 14,833 runs in the shortest formats.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Puricelli said he has enjoyed trying out several premium formats in his life, but found that the theater itself can determine whether the upgrade is worthwhile.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Its presence helped shape a new era of moviegoing formats.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The data transfer rate just isn’t good enough for the size of music files, even in compressed formats.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

"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

After leaving ESPN, Bayless joined Fox Sports, where he co-hosted similarly formatted show “Undisputed” — for much of the time with co-host Shannon Sharpe — from 2016- to 2024.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 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

The letter was formatted similarly to a diplomatic note and carried an official Cuban seal, the current U.S. official said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

“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

Spelling mistakes and formatting errors throughout the proclamations have made identifying exempted plants a guessing game.

From Salon May 10, 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

My house is filled to overflowing with clothes I will never wear, books I will never read and pocket-size external hard drives I will never get around to formatting.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

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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