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input

[in-poot] / ˈɪnˌpʊt /




NOUN
intake
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Should things get more difficult in the remaining two Tests, or if a crucial selection decision needs to be made, perhaps vital input will come from the Flemphone.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Organoids are "biological models" or "avatars" for human brain cells that are far less complex and do not receive sensory input, she added.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The garments that they could not find, such as Bessette’s wedding dress, her rehearsal dinner dress and a tan and black ruffle coat from Yamamoto, they re-created using historical images and input from the designers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

“The continued efforts to push legislation specific to Midway is misguided and unneeded,” said Law, whose group provides input to the city on planning issues.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

They finally offered to help out, even though no one had asked for their input.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Eliza can also store inputs and refer to them later.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Such systems can evaluate multiple inputs at once while making decisions informed by previous experiences and future priorities.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

The company’s switches, routers and other networking solutions have become critical inputs in data-center server racks.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

“We have to keep our information safe and protected, and we have to control the inputs and the outputs of the models,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

I give her my email and she inputs it into her phone.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

If the CPA was using software, it’s pretty hard to get it wrong — unless he inputted the correct numbers.

From MarketWatch Mar. 27, 2026

Employees who previously inputted orders are now focused on collecting receivables, Singh said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

They then inputted these charge values into computational models to mathematically predict how strong the electric field would be when a wasp approaches a caterpillar on a plant.

From Science Daily May 24, 2024

Its records go back to 2004, which allows many to see who was on a team or how many yards rushing someone had, if a school inputted the information.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 5, 2022

Images, data, and simulations are part of the work and part of the shared knowledge, already available in formats that can be inputted for further work or can be technologically tested.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

The software also sends reminder emails and phone alerts to prompt people to keep up with categorizing transactions that are automatically pulled in or inputting new ones manually.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

One of AI’s most significant contributions so far is extracting data from standard common tax forms such as W-2s and 1099s and inputting it into tax returns.

From Barron's Jan. 31, 2026

Galea built on these findings, inputting the layout of The Station club into a computer simulator he created which predicts how fires spread.

From BBC Jan. 17, 2026

Dan Spoor, a 69-year-old retired aerospace executive, used to spend hours researching companies in which he’s interested in investing and inputting their financial metrics into spreadsheets.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

I climb in the front, and he talks me through inputting the address into the navigation system.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko




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