Exporting changes in lightroom as permanent physical file

Is it possible to take the edits made in lightroom and turn it into a permanent physical file? I'm using RAW files in lightroom on a macbook pro, and whenever I edit the files and then export them, all it does is export the originals and (sometimes) the sidecar XMP files (this happening sometimes and not always is a completely different problem that I don't want to get into now). Is there any way to edit, and then export the changes made? I'm trying to edit the photos and then save the edits and send them to clients who do not use lightroom or programs that read sidecar file info. I want the changes made to an actual picture.
Any thoughts?

I guess I must have been using the "original" setting. I figured it kept the original file format (canon RAW) and just changed the information, but I understand now about exporting the original file, not just "original" format. What's the next best choice... DNG?

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Extract from the help.......
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Procedure
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