How to Use reformat in a Sentence

reformat

verb
  • There’s always a way to reformat a bill — of any length — so that it can be checked with just a few queries.
    Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2022
  • Do not reformat the drive to optimize it for the Mac; that will erase all data on the drive.
    Steve Alexander, Star Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
  • For the civics test, the administration wants to reformat the exam to be multiple choice, rather than the current fill-in-the-blank format.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The Academy has been under fire for its decision to reformat the telecast.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 16 Mar. 2022
  • LLMs can reformat data so that economists can use it or present it in different ways.
    Quartz, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The proposal also offered to reformat the MLB playoffs to include 12 teams rather than the 14 teams owners were pushing for, Manfred said.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • On your computer, click on the extension’s button, and the tool will simplify and reformat the current page, then send it to your personal Kindle account.
    David Nield, Popular Science, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Le Tote planned to reformat Lord & Taylor’s stores and merge its e-commerce system with the new owner’s existing app for a unified technology platform.
    NBC News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • This classic Vietnamese crispy, stuffed rice pancake is being modernized as chefs get creative in their interpretations and playfully reformat the dish.
    Lauren Kotmel, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Because the city had paid for offsite remote backup, Borger had the capability to reformat servers, reinstall the operating system and bring data back over.
    Jake Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021
  • Because the city had paid for remote offsite backup, Borger could reformat servers, reinstall the operating system and retrieve data.
    Jake Bleiberg and Eric Tucker, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2021
  • By 2015, Opportunity was suffering from a glitchy memory, but mission scientists were able to reformat its brains to keep working anyway.
    Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2019
  • That may mean auditing recurring meetings to shorten, cancel or reformat them into emails or other forms of communication, Zerkle said.
    Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • That could reformat Putin’s thinking about achieving his political aims through military aggression.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Combat veteran surprised with new truck before Astros game Because the city had paid for offsite remote backup, Borger had the capability to reformat servers, reinstall the operating system and bring data back over.
    Jake Bleiberg and Eric Tucker, Chron, 26 July 2021
  • City leadership voted 7-0 in favor of the second reading of a proposal to reformat the fountain, transitioning the oft-inoperable centerpiece into a smaller fountain that will also feature an activity lawn and a showcase for public art.
    Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The series reformats into an unconvincing faux-documentary, with obvious thirtysomething actors playing dreamy '70s youth and middle-aged interviewees.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2023

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