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input

[in-poot] / ˈɪnˌpʊt /




NOUN
intake
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One can be thought of as “ripple-out” inflation, where a shock to an economically ubiquitous input — like energy — reverberates throughout other goods and sectors that depend upon it.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

A Morgan Stanley analyst team, led by Shawn Kim, on Tuesday wrote that surging memory prices and supply scarcity are becoming a cross-sector risk as AI reprices a critical input across the digital economy.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

A survey of purchasing managers published Monday showed manufacturers’ input costs rose at their steepest pace since May 2022, while the prices they in turn charged their customers rose at the fastest pace in three-and-a-half-years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

You’ll need to input your last name, birth date, the house number of your residential address and ZIP Code.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

In addition to new playground equipment, they planned to add tennis courts, and thanks to community input, they had decided to dedicate the courts to her father.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson




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