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

Second Brain was built by a Meta employee on top of Claude and can index and query documents for projects, among other uses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 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

Every query Siri resolves on-device is a session that never begins on Instagram or another Meta product.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

So my characteristic stance is one of rotating slowly on one foot, eyes wide, garment in hand, asking myself, “Where have I seen the $9.96 Athletic Works knit overalls?” or similar query.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich