query
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The speed with which that data moves between processors and memory chips governs the latency, or response time, for a query.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
I try to change settings, to remember to “start a new project” with each query.
From Slate • May 6, 2026
Alongside telling it to avoid platitudes, it said Codex should "never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query".
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
It was such a softball query that even a kindergartener could have slammed it à la Shohei Ohtani.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Anything more wheedlesome than that touching appeal was seldom heard, but Jo quenched ‘her boy’ by turning on him with a stern query, “How many bouquets have you sent Miss Randal this week?”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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