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query

[kweer-ee] / ˈkwɪər i /




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Rohingya make up the majority of Myanmar refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia, but Kuala Lumpur has not responded to an AFP query about the number onboard.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Input tokens cover what a user submits in a query, while output tokens represent what the model generates in response.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Before retiring the officer provided a statement that he had called her to advise of the intended police response to a media query, and about how information about the case could be reported and used.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

In response to a query, Claude called the 16th-century English queen “Catherine.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

They began to watch everything he did and query him about his training practices, from feed to workouts.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

General Services Administration and billed under the tagline “Whatever you need from government, start here,” the chatbot is designed to scour federal websites and spit out official information in response to users’ queries.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Like other websites using AI-powered chatbots, users type in queries and converse with the system online.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

As an AI agent, Muse can answer your queries like a chatbot, and also click around websites, use apps and work with files on your computer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Researchers were able to piece together the agents’ web queries because the bots were using an online tool to act as a web browser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

With time, the queries about our adopted—and decidedly eccentric— little boy had mercifully ceased, and, considering how tactless Afghan queries can be sometimes, that was a considerable relief.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Monday’s research queried people about their jobs, how often they use AI and how they use it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Some have queried if it would be merited.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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

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

This was fascinating news, and I queried him on the particulars.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The strategy starts with Amazon’s homegrown AI chips, called Trainium and Inferentia, which are specialized, respectively, for training models and querying them for results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 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

That’s why analysts have consistently flagged the upcoming park during earnings calls for rival Disney, querying executives about the potential pressure on Disney World and how the company plans to compete.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 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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