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  • verb To format anew or again, generally erasing a previous format.

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  • After several rewrites, I do things such as reformat it in a new font and spacing just so it looks different to me.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Flogging the Quill’s Ray Rhamey 2006

  • As researchers, "we have to 'reformat' and consider several angles," says Anders, who is based at the Rice Research and Extension Center (RREC) outside Stuttgart, Ark. "The first regards production and how you can, perhaps, get back into less tillage/no-till or a minimum-till system."

    Delta Farm Press RSS Feed 2010

  • As researchers, "we have to 'reformat' and consider several angles," says Anders, who is based at the Rice Research and Extension Center (RREC) outside Stuttgart, Ark. "The first regards production and how you can, perhaps, get back into less tillage/no-till or a minimum-till system."

    Delta Farm Press RSS Feed 2010

  • As researchers, "we have to 'reformat' and consider several angles," says Anders, who is based at the Rice Research and Extension Center (RREC) outside Stuttgart, Ark. "The first regards production and how you can, perhaps, get back into less tillage/no-till or a minimum-till system."

    Delta Farm Press RSS Feed 2010

  • As researchers, "we have to 'reformat' and consider several angles," says Anders, who is based at the Rice Research and Extension Center (RREC) outside Stuttgart, Ark. "The first regards production and how you can, perhaps, get back into less tillage/no-till or a minimum-till system."

    Delta Farm Press RSS Feed 2010

  • I think AMC did this to kind of "reformat" the character.

    Simply Dumb 2009

  • Also, I have to reformat The Red Tree ms. — — something about the copyeditor — — and send the newly formatted ms. to my editor tomorrow.

    "And she pricks you, and she sticks you..." greygirlbeast 2009

  • BO thinks it's more important to reformat our society into an Ant Colony instead of ridding the world of a radical Islamic threat.

    Cheney: Obama pretending we are not at war 2009

  • Interesting peice Jon but it does seem to me you need to reformat it to obtain more precise effect, the topic seemed to jump around a lot when the reality is you dont need to do more than present the hard facts that you have spent time gathering to show the concerns and effects of allowing the RIAA and ilk free rein.

    MediaSentry and RIAA: government probe? 2009

  • To prevent prying eyes, before turning it in and after transferring contents to your new Mac, be sure to run a military style reformat on the had drive, (Three reformats minimum with a boot sector wipe each time). datingjesus

    Let us all speak verrrry quietly… « Dating Jesus 2009

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  • I'm dubious that this is a real word. Seems like "irregardless" to me.

    January 14, 2010