queries 1 of 2

plural of query

queries

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of query

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of queries
Noun
In a statement to Semafor, Times spokesperson Graham James said the new AI tool was intended to improve reader queries. Max Tani, semafor.com, 23 Aug. 2026 The man charged in the case did not respond to AP queries sent via social media. CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 It can then be used for contextual queries when the user asks the AI a question. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 New homework reminders will also send queries to Study Mode if ChatGPT detects a teen is trying to shortcut an assignment. Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026 Google has said its Deep Search feature can issue hundreds of sub-queries for a complex question. Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 While reviewing Clancy’s cellphone records, her defense attorney pointed to multiple internet searches related to caring for and playing with children, including queries about trampolines and kids’ movies. Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Some judges were also already using AI chatbots, Mehmood says, but commercial offerings performed poorly on Pakistani legal queries, frequently hallucinating case law. Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Aug. 2026 Leonardo’s SignalTrace product page says the system stores electronic fingerprints for later queries and can recognize a vehicle without seeing its license plate. Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
If an agent queries a legacy database to decide whether to trigger an outreach sequence or prioritize an account, a flat list of static attributes is fundamentally useless to its reasoning engine. Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Fin’s primary offering is an AI agent capable of resolving chat, email, WhatsApp, text message, phone, and Slack queries, Salesforce said. Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 June 2026 And federal law enforcement regularly queries the FISA database for Americans' information and reviews their content. Eric McDaniel, NPR, 12 June 2026 Flay frequently answers fans’ queries about his Food Network series on social media, addressing a wide variety of topics. Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 One such template application involves encrypted semantic search, which queries databases or datasets and returns relevant results based on the context or meaning of the search terms rather than keywords that match them. IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026 Search had a strong quarter with AI experiences driving usage, queries at an all time high, and 19% revenue growth. Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026 Simon Properties, which operates many of South Florida’s most popular malls including Dadeland, Sawgrass Mills, The Falls, Brickell City Centre and Miami International Mall didn’t respond to several Miami Herald queries about its gun policy. Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 With topics ranging from triple-captain dilemmas to dark-horse midfielders and how the new Defensive Contributions (DC) rule works, here are Abdul’s answers to some of the standout queries. Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queries
Noun
  • Any doubts over whether that deal would be concluded would have been banished as soon as Riad was taken off.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • In the past, Cofnas has expressed doubts about the intellectual abilities of Blacks in comparison to whites.
    Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The event’s organizers did not respond to The Associated Press' interview requests.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Some penalty relief requests can be handled by calling the number on your notice.
    Jamela Adam, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Still, most Republicans are not flocking to Ossoff, as Collins tries to tie him to the far-left of the party and questions his experience.
    Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Mayor Karen Bass questions the progress and said that city personnel were inside the warehouse earlier today and that food waste remains.
    Julie Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The group also claims to have obtained a playable build of the game and asks users for cryptocurrency donations.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • One day, a stranger hands you a tablet and asks you to identify the correct words in a passage or find information in a chart.
    Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • One day scholars will teach Lepore’s work alongside Arendt’s, seeing that Lepore interrogates not simply a modern moment, but traces our current machine age back to the 17th-century conceit for artifice as improvement.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • Writer-director Ari Aster interrogates not just the social and political turmoil of COVID-19, but also the way social media can exacerbate that unraveling of collective neuroses.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • But the political context of the latest war of words has only deepened the suspicions of some of Netanyahu’s critics.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • When John finally reunites with Hal (who charges the ring against the lantern while quickly muttering his oath), the frustrated protégé immediately confronts his teacher with all the suspicions he was meant to keep secret.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In recent days Liverpool have been making a lot of calls and a lot of inquiries to establish availability of players and valuations.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Anne Arundel County Public Schools previously responded to inquiries about the joint statement from the DOJ and Education Department.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Another challenges applicants to create a social media post about a food or flavor combination they're currently obsessed with.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This challenges the assumption that such behavior belongs to anyone’s true identity.
    The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Queries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queries. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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