1
as in questioning
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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2
as in asking
to put a question or questions to
queried the professor about the assignment
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as in interrogating
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 querying
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.
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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
The integration of pg_vector extension enables storing and querying millions of vectors with millisecond response times, supporting real-time AI applications that process unstructured data alongside traditional business records.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Land constraints aren’t going away, building and querying AI models is becoming cheaper and technologies continue to innovate.
—Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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
The integration of pg_vector extension enables storing and querying millions of vectors with millisecond response times, supporting real-time AI applications that process unstructured data alongside traditional business records.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Land constraints aren’t going away, building and querying AI models is becoming cheaper and technologies continue to innovate.
—Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for querying
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Investors have been questioning whether artificial intelligence competitors and automation tools could erode demand for traditional software licenses and workflows.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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But when John's cousin Michaela (Masali Baduza) returns to London to tend to the Kilmartin estate, Fran's complicated feelings will have her questioning whether to stick to her pragmatic intentions or pursue her inner passions.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Sacramento Police Department identified Hernandez as the suspect in the deadly stabbing and released his photo and description in December 2017, asking the public to help find him.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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After asking him to model courage, and to be the container of everyone’s hope—and after so many of Rozos’s peers loudly cheered him on—NYU denied Rozos their diploma.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Grossman succeeds in interrogating the very gaze his film is built upon, yet never fully escapes it, leaving the documentary caught between critique and complicity.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Such works treat their characters as political beings with complex lives worth interrogating.—
Jake Pitre,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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One of them was cleared for competition after approval last week, while the other — who has repeatedly identified herself as a cisgender woman — is challenging the World Boxing testing requirement in court.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2026
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Gorgeously shot, a tender portrait of community in northern Maine, finding metaphor in natural imagery while challenging preconceptions about gender and class.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s been quizzing his members on which strategy to pursue, Republicans said.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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At that meeting, the documents said, Merchant used a napkin and other objects to depict various assassination scenarios, quizzing Ali on how a target might be killed in each.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Our methodology To determine the best free tax software, CNBC Select analyzed more than a dozen top tax-prep companies with free tiers, examining ease of use, live support and other features.—
Brian Sloan,Dan Avery,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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That advice comes from a new review examining the links between obesity and cancer.—
Roni Robbins,
AJC.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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There are at least three more pending investigations that are still outstanding, according to OSHA’s website, and Boring Company is currently contesting eight citations it was issued regarding chemical burns in 2024.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Sixteen European sides are contesting the UEFA matches and six teams from around the world are taking part in the inter-confederation fixtures.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Confirm the charge details before disputing Check the merchant name, date and amount, since some transactions may appear under payment processors or parent companies.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Even as Crow-Armstrong still has something to prove offensively, there’s no disputing his stellar fielding and box-office power.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Querying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/querying. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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