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[fawr-mat] / ˈfɔr mæt /




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Every new format of art has the potential to make something good.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

A supersizing of the series format, it doesn’t significantly alter the rangy charm of Wilson’s video-captured eccentricities, a sturdy foundation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The company is developing a smaller store format to roll out in the U.S., helping it to compete with Dutch Bros and other fast-growing beverage chains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

With Kelly in full flow, heads never went down and they showed all the composure of a team that have only lost once in this format all season.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Since they’re quite varied in format and often incomparable and very numerous, people can’t act on all of them.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

He was talked about as the world's best all-format batter after his 149 against India last summer but has averaged 27.15 since then across formats.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Another high point this summer was the popularity of Imax and other enhanced formats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“Over time, successful formats could be expanded into a broader lifestyle content strategy that supports both Walmart Connect and product sales,” the analysts said, referring to the name of Walmart’s retail media segment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Meetings to celebrate the breed have been held in different formats by the Golden Retriever Club of Scotland since the late 1990s, with larger events taking place since 2006.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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

"They have become a very deliberate programmed and formatted team."

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 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

“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

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

While I was formatting the text from earlier—the one for Another Rachel—a new submission popped up.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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