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Six example sentences with format, each labelled with its topic.
The archive rejects any file whose format it cannot read, so scanned records must be saved as searchable PDFs.
Technology
Her camera writes a raw format that keeps every sensor value, which is why the files fill a card so quickly.
Photography
Streaming services want each track delivered in one format, with the sample rate and tag fields specified down to the character.
Music
Save files use a format the studio never documented, so fans spent months decoding which bytes held the inventory.
Gaming
The sequencer writes results in a format that lists each read on its own line with a quality score beside it.
Science
The bank exports statements in a format the accounting software reads directly, with dates, amounts, and codes in fixed columns.
Finance
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