query

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It’s a query that McCarthy, who came of age — and amassed megawatt fame — as a 1980s heartthrob in films like “Class” and “Pretty in Pink” before transitioning to feted author, longs to address.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Decode is the process by which the model, using all it has learned in training, spits out a response to the query.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

And then he interrupted a question to return to a previous query about his play calling, needing to rebut the strangers on the internet picking apart his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

But the most poignant and heated query at the breakfast table is: Did you get the salmon?

From Salon • Feb. 28, 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