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
  • The museum will also add a cafe to the Welcome Hall and reformat its retail shop there.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • LLMs can reformat data so that economists can use it or present it in different ways.
    Quartz, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The Academy has been under fire for its decision to reformat the telecast.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 16 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • That could reformat Putin’s thinking about achieving his political aims through military aggression.
    Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Mar. 2022
  • This isn't the Reader mode that reformats pages so only the main text and images are showing (and which itself is getting an update in iOS 18).
    David Nield, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Acero noted that the development team at TelevisaUnivision worked for over six months to reformat the show so that, every day, something happened to keep audiences engaged.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • This shift in packaging size is partly driven by large retailers, like Albertson’s, who insisted that some suppliers reformat their packages from 16oz.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • There will also be less-visible work done to reformat VIP areas as FIFA desires.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • After that, Magic Write generates text in your unique tone, and Magic Switch instantly reformats designs for different platforms.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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