format
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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
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
“The Brutalist” was made with the format before “One Battle,” while Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia” and Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” were also shot with the technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Debate is one way to do that, but I’ve got to say, I struggle with that format.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I think the most significant format feature in a commercial is that it’s about one thing,” said Sam Gibbon, one of the earliest Sesame Street producers.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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
The videos appear to adopt Gen Z language and formats, but fail to address concerns that fuelled the protests, she adds.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
A video by “Sinners” filmmaker Ryan Coogler explaining aspect ratios and screen size became a viral hit; some fans used punchcards to note seeing the movie in all its possible exhibition formats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
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"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
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
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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
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
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt downplayed the reported inaccuracies on Thursday, attributing them to "formatting issues" and saying that the report would be updated.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
The way a computer drive will spit out a disk if it doesn't recognize the formatting.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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