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query

[kweer-ee] / ˈkwɪər i /




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U.S. officials may with justification query the database and a U.S. citizen’s numbers may be pulled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The tech journalist Kara Swisher, for instance, answered a query from a fellow journalist by labeling the Grammarly folks “rapacious information and identity thieves.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Prefill happens when a user enters a prompt, forcing the model to interpret the query by processing each word, symbol or image it contains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Now, they can query Simile’s online bank of agents, access that can cost between $150,000 to millions for each customer annually, Park said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

But this query was answered almost instantly; they were level with the Slytherin table now, and Karkaroff had just bustled up to his students.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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