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Mary Johnson, an independent Social Security and Medicare policy analyst, said asking specific questions can be more helpful than simply inputting a general query when using AI tools.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
It’s the last query that re-emerges in “The Dog Stars,” although Scott says the postapocalyptic setting initially discouraged him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a query for comment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Zuckerberg also argues for allowing distillation, a controversial practice whereby developers query competing models to copy what they know.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I sent query letters to a dozen agencies and was stunned one August day when I opened our mailbox and found a request from a New York agency for the completed manuscript.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
The US Trade Representative's office did not respond to queries on the matter.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
And those are queries that must be addressed because, whether we like it or not, even dystopian rom-coms might point us in the right — or even new — direction.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The company’s lighter flash models power AI Overviews and AI Mode, which allow search-engine users to perform complex queries in natural language — far surpassing the keyword matching and ranking techniques of previous generations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The opposition publication Meduza in June analyzed data from Yandex, Russia’s main online search engine, and found a surge in queries about when the war would end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Truthful responses to these queries were not likely to be well received by the rangers.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
He queried aides about why Iran wasn’t backing down amid the unrelenting bombing campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
We queried experts across sports medicine, personal training and physical therapy to devise easy routines comprising simple exercises you can do at home to test and train your balance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
A decade ago, Gerry queried arrears on his account with the CMS.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
When queried by AFP about the Washington Post report, the White House sent a statement defending the new plane's safety.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Too late? Too late?” they queried, over and over, and she fled along the road to the house where she could shut herself away from them.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
After his side's opening 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia in Miami on Monday, he was unimpressed with journalists querying his stance, amid suggestions it might be some kind of protest.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Wolff was also receiving advice from Epstein, at one point querying him about the best questions to ask Trump in a coming Oval Office interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
"These actors generally sought to use OpenAI services for querying open-source information, translating, finding coding errors, and running basic coding tasks," the firm said at the time.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
Wade, he suggested, may channel its efforts toward querying the morality and legality of editing human genes in the womb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
With a querying look on his face, he said, “I’m afraid I don’t understand. I thought you always wanted to go to town.”
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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