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format

[fawr-mat] / ˈfɔr mæt /




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The US Open mixed doubles was controversially revamped last year to include singles stars in a bid to attract more attention to the format.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” was both shot in the format and shown that way at a handful of venues worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

If this momentum continues, Pop Mart might need a new product format or another celebrity-endorsed character that can reignite conversation and the scarcity mindset that drove demand, the analyst said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Henshaw-Plath said he initially set out to simply recreate Vine's short-video format, but then wondered if he could bring back its old videos too.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

I would use them here, but I really don’t think they are appropriate in this format.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

The seamer fell out of favour after a run across formats, meaning she watched England's iconic 2017 World Cup win at Lord's from a hospitality box.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

While the Chinese social-media company’s 2Q results were better than Citi expected, its management flagged challenges including a shift in advertising preference toward higher return-on-investment formats, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In Instagram’s case, the brand also rolled out a new “brand system,” including new fonts, icons, and formats for posts.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Their bowling attack is without the likes of Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah, who have impressed at times in Tests but have often been used in shorter formats or struggled for form and fitness.

From BBC Aug. 21, 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

Hip hop initially reached mass audiences through a subset of black radio stations, often those formatted as “urban contemporary.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

Mr Schmidt warned employers to look out for indicators of fraudulent North Korean job applications, including incorrectly formatted phone numbers and mismatched education histories.

From BBC Dec. 22, 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

Voice writers repeat every word spoken in court along with a sequence of formatting commands to voice recognition software.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 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

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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