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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
Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 May 2026
The Beat Bobby Flay star regularly responds to viewers' queries about his Food Network series on social media, weighing in on various topics.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Use Google Search Console or your search engine optimization (SEO) tools to track keyword positions over time, and run priority queries through major AI assistants to see if your content gets cited.
—Uri Samet, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The campaign did not respond to additional queries about her plans for healthcare access, if elected.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 May 2026
The number of queries from customers has grown from about 100 million in April of last year to about 1 billion the same month this year, the company said.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
The company is enlarging the dimensions of the search box to expand and better accommodate the natural language queries that users can now make with AI.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The exact limitations aren't clear; some say they’re limited to 100 queries per week, while others report different usage allowances.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026
That approach made sense when users were humans writing queries, clicking through interfaces, and operating at human speed.
—K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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.
—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
Noun
Ross did not respond to those queries.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 30 May 2026
The Beat Bobby Flay star regularly responds to viewers' queries about his Food Network series on social media, weighing in on various topics.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Use Google Search Console or your search engine optimization (SEO) tools to track keyword positions over time, and run priority queries through major AI assistants to see if your content gets cited.
—Uri Samet, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The campaign did not respond to additional queries about her plans for healthcare access, if elected.
—Sarah Jane Tribble, NPR, 22 May 2026
The number of queries from customers has grown from about 100 million in April of last year to about 1 billion the same month this year, the company said.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
The company is enlarging the dimensions of the search box to expand and better accommodate the natural language queries that users can now make with AI.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 May 2026
The exact limitations aren't clear; some say they’re limited to 100 queries per week, while others report different usage allowances.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026
That approach made sense when users were humans writing queries, clicking through interfaces, and operating at human speed.
—K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Verb
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.
—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.
—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
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Frontier’s executives, however, dismiss doubts about its long-term future.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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In 2017, the Golden Knights arrived, and anyone who may have doubted whether the desert would support an ice hockey team quickly had those doubts erased.—
Winston Ross,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Guests are given her phone number for Whatsapp requests, such as a hard-to-book table at Francis Mallmann’s restaurant at Bodega Garzón or for tickets to José Igancio’s international film festival.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 May 2026
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Defining which channels are trusted for which requests.—
Steve Piper,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Verb
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No one questions their autonomy.—
Robert Henderson,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Rawlence also questions whether what Colossal is doing is really reviving extinct species.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Perhaps that’s why Irish actor Colm Meaney has been called in to play the proprietor of a convenience store who, in short order, conspires to get Cameron a job alongside Tova, asks Tova out on a date, and is forever giving away coffee and other goods.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2026
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Trademark law asks whether the use misleads consumers about whether a company or person has produced or endorsed something.—
Daryl Lim,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
Verb
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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.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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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.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
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When online reports in December 2025 started raising suspicions about AlphaRaccoon’s Polymarket trades, the CFTC said, Spagnuolo changed his handle.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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The school leaders took no further action despite their suspicions, the lawsuit alleges.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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That’s why The Charlotte Observer has brought back the Panthers mailbag to answer those inquiries and much more.—
Mike Kaye
June 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
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Such inquiries are also booming in suburban areas and the commuter communities around bigger metros.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The new research challenges that conclusion — not by disputing Pymetrics’ math, but by arguing the company was asking the wrong question.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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The finding challenges the usual image of carnivorous dinosaurs as constantly fast-moving predators and instead offers a glance at their slower day-to-day behavior.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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“Queries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queries. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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