the loop
noun
: a group of people who know about or have influence or control over something
She wants to stay in the loop as these changes are being considered.
He claims that he was kept out of the loop when the decision to sell the company was being made.
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By predicting which cases require a human in the loop, an otherwise unusable genAI system will gain the trust needed to unleash it broadly.
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Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
This keeps current customers in the loop and draws in new ones.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 7 May 2025
The design looked wholly sculptural on first glance, but a closer inspection revealed the whimsy that Browne’s design, complete with the loop that circled around Moore’s head, was meant to resemble a necktie.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
In mission-critical fields such as medicine, education and finance, design workflows that keep humans firmly in the loop, using AI to augment human judgment, not replace it.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
This keeps current customers in the loop and draws in new ones.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 7 May 2025
The design looked wholly sculptural on first glance, but a closer inspection revealed the whimsy that Browne’s design, complete with the loop that circled around Moore’s head, was meant to resemble a necktie.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
In mission-critical fields such as medicine, education and finance, design workflows that keep humans firmly in the loop, using AI to augment human judgment, not replace it.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the loop
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“The loop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20loop. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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