How to Use pdf in a Sentence

pdf

noun
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  • At the time, the UK had the sixth-highest Covid-19 caseload (pdf) in Europe.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The only problem is that the goal used to be a hard 20% (pdf).
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The map is downloadable as a 150MB pdf-file from this site.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • Crisil Ratings said in a note published (pdf) in May this year.
    — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Users first must download or open a pdf file, which can run to hundreds of pages.
    — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2020
  • France’s pension system is one of the most generous (pdf) in the world.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, 12 Dec. 2019
  • When viewed in Windows, the file showed an icon indicating the file was a PDF rather than a .url file.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024
  • The company reported today (Aug. 1) that sales in Greater China fell 2% in the first half (pdf) of the year.
    — Marc Bain, Quartzy, 1 Aug. 2019
  • For example, for PDFs, write filetype:pdf in the search, along with your keyword.
    — Fox News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Scroll to the bottom of this page to save a PDF of this information on your mobile phone to print or read offline.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The internet is awash with all sorts of unique recipes to try, and this water bottle comes with a PDF recipe book to help you get started.
    — Samantha Gordon, USA TODAY, 22 May 2017
  • Welty found the Virginia website, welcomeyourneighbors.org and downloaded the PDF.
    — Anna Webb, idahostatesman, 15 May 2017
  • But in this latest case, the thieves used a form of malware that targeted a PDF reader that the bank used to confirm that payments had been made.
    — Michael Corkery, New York Times, 12 May 2016
  • In the mid-1980s, jewelry was still widely considered a gift item (pdf) and most of it was purchased for that reason.
    — Marc Bain, Quartzy, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Check out page 6 of the pdf for a table of hybrids-including a description of the tayberry.
    — oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Next time somebody sends you a PDF to sign and fill out, forget going through the trouble of printing it, signing it, and scanning it back in.
    — Brenda Stolyar Matt Jancer, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Scroll below to save a PDF of this information on your mobile phone to print or read offline.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The pdf is $27.95 for non-practitioners, and well worth every penny.
    — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The report is presented in an easy-to-digest, thorough way in both a PDF and an Excel spreadsheet.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Sales had reached roughly $200 million, according to VF Corp (pdf), and were still growing fast.
    — Marc Bain, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The results of Week 99, by the way (pdf from what looks like microfilm here), were not especially classic.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
  • That was distilled down to a PDF procedure that sits on the desks of the Transpower operators.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 May 2024
  • Click here for a pdf of the official and printable NCAA bracket for the 2021 men's basketball tournament.
    — Star Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Her poem for me, which was written for my husband, my Valentine, arrived in the form of a decorative PDF file.
    — Suzanne Pfefferle Tafur, NOLA.com, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The attachment is a PDF file called nm.pdf that has a Word document embedded into it.
    — Lucian Constantin, PCWorld, 12 May 2017
  • This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers.
    — Richard E. Maltby Jr., Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers.
    — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • In a Facebook shop, companies might offer a free PDF instructional guide for the product, along with a coupon.
    — Dennis Nishi, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Cozby said some are handwritten, some are pdf attachments and some are requests from agents on behalf of the player.
    — Adam Schupak, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
  • These three principles are detailed in the PDF and designed to be implemented by your software vendors, not you and your team.
    — John Bruggeman, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

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