formatting
- present participle of format.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
