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as in doubts
a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something
readers will likely have a query or two about some of the more remarkable episodes in the memoir
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as in requests
an act or instance of asking for information
please respond to my query at your earliest convenience
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as in questions
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order
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as in asks
to put a question or questions to
queried the professor about the assignment
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as in interrogates
to put a series of questions to
once the statement was given, the press secretary allowed reporters to query the President
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Recent Examples of queries
Juliette Han,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Fable 5 is prevented from responding to certain types of queries, including those related to cybersecurity and biology.
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Josh Wingrove,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
Except for a mention in a blogpost and scant information, private AI companies aren't transparent about the energy and water costs of queries, said Luccioni and other experts who have tried to calculate those costs.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
The Herald sent questions to the email listed on Dialog’s website and to a spokesperson for the Thiel Foundation — which typically handles press queries related to Thiel — but did not receive any response.
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Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
The company claims its models can match or outperform frontier labs using up to 100 times fewer tokens, which are the currency for running AI queries.
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Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Kiss program director Michael Saunders, who came to the station in 2024, also did not answer queries about the changes.
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Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
20 June 2026
Al Khatib expects queries and new productions to resume when the fighting ends, but notes that the situation remains complicated.
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Ed Meza,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Those queries don’t come as a surprise to Michelle Li, a content creator who was inspired to dedicate a Substack and corresponding Instagram post that featured unique ways to style the piece into her looks.
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Diana Tsui,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
And federal law enforcement regularly queries the FISA database for Americans' information and reviews their content.
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Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
12 June 2026
An agent that autonomously queries cameras and compiles reports sounds efficient, but if the underlying detectors produce false positives, the agent only amplifies errors at scale.
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Calvin Yadav,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Flay frequently answers fans’ queries about his Food Network series on social media, addressing a wide variety of topics.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
An employee running fifty unchecked queries looks identical, on a dashboard, to one running five after working the problem first.
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Juliette Han,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Fable 5 is prevented from responding to certain types of queries, including those related to cybersecurity and biology.
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Josh Wingrove,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
Except for a mention in a blogpost and scant information, private AI companies aren't transparent about the energy and water costs of queries, said Luccioni and other experts who have tried to calculate those costs.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
The Herald sent questions to the email listed on Dialog’s website and to a spokesperson for the Thiel Foundation — which typically handles press queries related to Thiel — but did not receive any response.
—
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
The company claims its models can match or outperform frontier labs using up to 100 times fewer tokens, which are the currency for running AI queries.
—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
Kiss program director Michael Saunders, who came to the station in 2024, also did not answer queries about the changes.
—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
20 June 2026
Al Khatib expects queries and new productions to resume when the fighting ends, but notes that the situation remains complicated.
—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
15 June 2026
Those queries don’t come as a surprise to Michelle Li, a content creator who was inspired to dedicate a Substack and corresponding Instagram post that featured unique ways to style the piece into her looks.
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Diana Tsui,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
Verb
Fin’s primary offering is an AI agent capable of resolving chat, email, WhatsApp, text message, phone, and Slack queries, Salesforce said.
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Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
And federal law enforcement regularly queries the FISA database for Americans' information and reviews their content.
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Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
12 June 2026
An agent that autonomously queries cameras and compiles reports sounds efficient, but if the underlying detectors produce false positives, the agent only amplifies errors at scale.
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Calvin Yadav,
Forbes.com,
26 May 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.
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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.
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Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queries
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The prosecutor’s office, taking a fresh look at the murder, learned the lead investigator shared those doubts.
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And within only a few minutes, any doubts about his readiness after missing nearly a week of training were ended when one shot bounced off a post in the 63rd minute.
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The State of Florida did not respond to requests for comment.
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For schools with current athletes who may be eligible for hardship waivers or extensions of eligibility under current rules, the D-I Cabinet indicated the deadline to submit requests to the NCAA is July 31.
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Someone who questions burnout culture may be perceived as less committed.
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President again questions election results In the first round, Cepeda earned 41% of the vote, while de la Espriella garnered 44%, according to official results.
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German news magazine Der Spiegel asks its readers.
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Languedoc asks visitors to think differently.
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Barragán originally set out to find the man who scammed his mother by posing as a handsome American soldier, but now interrogates four of these young men, illuminating their psychological tactics, economic hardships and moral dilemmas.
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Advent has effectively digitized its own intellectual history — its wins, its misses, its assumptions — and turned it into a live analytical layer that interrogates every new deal that comes before the committee.
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Anthropic’s suspicions that China is racing to build models to match Claude’s capabilities have been confirmed by at least one major Chinese tech founder.
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Feig has plenty of company in his deep AI suspicions, A-listers like Ben Affleck, Jon Favreau and James Cameron have publicly endorsed its potential, provided that certain guardrails are in place.
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Gunsaulus’ Espinosa has also gotten inquiries from a network administrator and principals at nearby schools to present on launching a fundraising nonprofit without a pricey attorney.
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The Wayne County Mortgage and Deed Fraud Unit has tracked more than 13,000 inquiries regarding deed fraud and has opened over 2,300 cases throughout Wayne County since 2005.
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The case challenges the agency’s practice of holding noncitizens for sometimes days in facilities without a bed or other adequate accommodations.
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That’s what makes shadow AI fundamentally different from the shadow IT challenges companies have dealt with for years.
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“Queries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queries. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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