noun
variants
or PDF
: a computer file format for the transmission of a multimedia document that is not intended to be edited further and appears unaltered in most computer environments
also
: a document that uses this format
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The release also included PDF files of call logs, phone records, handwritten notes and police files.
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Stefan Becket, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
This matters because PDFs dominate business workflows.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The downloadable 24-page PDF outlines what aspiring AI professionals should focus on, which skills are most likely to remain valuable amid rapid automation, and why AI careers are increasingly less about building algorithms in isolation and more about applying them thoughtfully across domains.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2026
Photos will also contain videos and GIFs, while documents will contain Word documents, PDFs and other types of files.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
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Stefan Becket, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
This matters because PDFs dominate business workflows.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The downloadable 24-page PDF outlines what aspiring AI professionals should focus on, which skills are most likely to remain valuable amid rapid automation, and why AI careers are increasingly less about building algorithms in isolation and more about applying them thoughtfully across domains.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Jan. 2026
Photos will also contain videos and GIFs, while documents will contain Word documents, PDFs and other types of files.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pdf
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“Pdf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pdf. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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