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format

[fawr-mat] / ˈfɔr mæt /




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But this version of “A Different World” departs from its source material in its narrative format and tone.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The restaurant at his casino, which used to operate around the clock, has laid off about 20 employees and switched to a buffet format that is open only in the morning.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

Dick’s is also trying the change the format of Foot Locker from a wall of sneakers to clearly defined shoe categories.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

The scoring format, designed to shorten matches in the first three rounds, features sets to four games, with a tiebreaker at 4-all and a 10-point tiebreaker instead of a third set.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 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

Ingka Group is working to open more compact stores, part of a strategic move into more localized store formats to sell its furniture closer to its customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

She has seen formats incorporating sandwiches, hot dogs and pizzas, and toppings ranging from Nashville Hot chicken and bacon strips to elote and lobster.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 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

Collecting 16 VistaVision titles, the series follows a recent uptick in audience interest concerning projection formats.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Familiar examples include standardized weights and measures, electrical voltages and cables, computer file formats, and paper currency.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

"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

It confesses to writing like “a painfully neutral Midwestern news anchor reading off a perfectly formatted teleprompter.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 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

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

But they demand long hours—sometimes over 100-hour weeks—spent doing basic tasks, like formatting slide decks or filling in spreadsheets.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

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

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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