querying

Definition of queryingnext
present participle of query

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of querying Officials believe these operations involve querying advanced AI systems repeatedly. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026 Reports of the court's concern were cited by privacy advocates and some congressional aides as a reason Congress should not reauthorize the law without changes and without the administration explaining the querying filter issue. Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026 Instead of flooding analysts with thousands of warnings, the agents gather evidence in real time—querying threat-intelligence databases, analyzing behavioral patterns, and filtering out false positives—before deciding whether a situation warrants escalation. Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026 The company helps its clients connect their data with AI models to launch custom agents, in addition to providing tools for storing, processing and querying data. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026 People who are obsessed with querying to the point of ignoring the actual work aren’t going to produce anything of value. Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026 The chips will primarily be used for inferencing, a kind of querying of a large language model so a chatbot can generate an answer. Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025 Mahan’s budget team also used AI to spot spending and revenue trends and provide insight by querying past financial records. Devan Patel, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025 When querying luxury shoppers in July, Essner said tariffs were not hitting in a big way. David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for querying
Verb
  • But now parents – and one county commissioner – are questioning the role technology plays in learning.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • Reyes was taken into custody by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and turned over to the FBI for questioning, according to the documents.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Leaders can make that distinction explicit by asking debaters to move from critique to contribution.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • There were so few sightings of lovebugs in 2023 that Leppla and other entomologists received calls from the public asking where the irksome little critters went.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The same instinct to accumulate without interrogating shows up everywhere.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • Afterward, he was forced into a truck, where agents continued interrogating him after finding contacts linked to Argentine judicial agencies on his cellphone.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 May 2026
Verb
  • Oliver Larkin, who worked on behalf of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, is challenging Moskowitz from the progressive left in the Democratic primary.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • While the remote learning time during the COVID pandemic was challenging for many students, Ashlyn Duran used it to learn more about a subject that fascinated her.
    Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • The Tennessee Titans went back to the streets quizzing random people in their schedule reveal in a twist to the team’s 2023 schedule reveal.
    Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
  • The talk was impassioned and wide-ranging, with Wood, a longtime del Toro interlocutor, quizzing the filmmaker on everything from his childhood in Guadalajara, Mexico, to his passion for design and scrapbooking.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Since arriving in Atlanta, conservators at Center for Puppetry Arts have been closely examining the nearly 900-pound figure to determine what restoration work may be needed before Kermit returns to public display.
    Brian Unger, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • Investigators in Chicago are examining issues connected to that left-leaning nonprofit organization American Future Republic, which Hoffman is listed as the president over, according to Influence Watch.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • Koltun filed a request with a federal judge in Texas contesting the demand.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • No one nicked him with their shoe while contesting his shot.
    Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Many also prepare unfiled returns to bring you into compliance and represent you in disputing IRS penalties, audits or collection actions.
    John Csiszar, CNBC, 22 May 2026

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“Querying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/querying. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.

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