formats

Example Sentences

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Frustrated by traditional candle formats, he launched a line of portable candles packaged in small, tuna-like tins designed to make “home follow you wherever you go.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

"You imagine, if he keeps going the way he is, he can play all formats of international cricket."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Palantir software takes an organization’s data, which may be spread out across many different systems and formats, and uses artificial intelligence to draw relationships between disparate data points, aiding customers in decision-making.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

“Presence” and his television show “Mosaic” utilized unique storytelling formats, with the latter co-released as an app that allowed users to choose which perspective the story was told from.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 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