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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

The format of 'Beat Luke Littler' saw 24 players selected to take on the world number one in a single leg of 501, hoping to win a prize of £501,000.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

To make the national team, chefs must endure a grueling tryout that follows the format of the competition itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Although Dowland used ‘Flow, my tears’ as the basis for a set of purely instrumental pieces called Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares for strings and lute, songs remained, by and large, his format of choice.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

“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

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

Zelensky said he had discussed with them "various formats for our engagement with partners in Europe that could be useful in further supporting diplomacy, our defense, and our shared security".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Streaming, physical formats and licensing all posted gains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Public subsidy allowed formats that had become financially unviable - such as the nineteenth-century symphony orchestra - to prosper somewhat artificially in the twentieth century, justified by the preservation of heritage.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

"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

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

The letters poured in and Baxter set up a complicated card index system so children would get personal replies rather than a formatted letter.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

“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

I pleaded with the AI to fix formatting that would take just a few of my own keystrokes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 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

All memos in the governor’s office are written in 12 point Century Gothic font with specific spacing between lines, formatting that his aides say helps him with his disability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

She wasn’t using a word-processing program of any kind—in fact, she was bypassing much of the operating system—and whatever formatting was imposing itself on the words, it wasn’t hers.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman


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