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input

[in-poot] / ˈɪnˌpʊt /




NOUN
intake
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Yet again, they found their voices stymied, their input limited to Post-it notes.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

He had a positive input in Al-Fayha's off-field development, ensuring the gym was suitable for the standards an elite modern-day player demands.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

He found an example of a function in three dimensions which has a constant Jacobian determinant of -2, and which moves multiple input points to the same output point, so it is not reversible.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Now, he said, “independent of the input, we make sure that the Pringles taste would be exactly what you want it to be.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

I input the code, and the buzzing of the electricity stopped.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

China is a price setter for fertilizer inputs like sulfur coming out of the Gulf.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Results were also dented by reduced international refining runs because of a 10 percent drop in crude oil inputs.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

It has the same ingredients — from beef to xanthan gum — but of course the inputs, such as property rates and labor costs, vary widely from country to country.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

The Middle East conflict has had a minor impact on the business so far, mainly pushing up costs for transportation, energy and other inputs, Philip Morris said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

To Monod, diauxie suggested that genes could be regulated by metabolic inputs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

If the CPA was using tax software, it’s pretty hard to get it wrong — unless he inputted the correct numbers.

From MarketWatch Mar. 27, 2026

Employees who previously inputted orders are now focused on collecting receivables, Singh said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

They then inputted these charge values into computational models to mathematically predict how strong the electric field would be when a wasp approaches a caterpillar on a plant.

From Science Daily May 24, 2024

Mrs Reid said she was alerted to the BMI error in July 2021 during a phone call with one of the surgery doctors, who suggested her son's weight may have been incorrectly inputted.

From BBC May 9, 2024

Images, data, and simulations are part of the work and part of the shared knowledge, already available in formats that can be inputted for further work or can be technologically tested.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

The hotel chain launched an investigation which has been unable to find anyone responsible for inputting the message, but is now planning to roll out antisemitism training for staff in response.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

If necessary, redo your taxes yourself, inputting the correct data.

From MarketWatch Mar. 27, 2026

One of AI’s most significant contributions so far is extracting data from standard common tax forms such as W-2s and 1099s and inputting it into tax returns.

From Barron's Jan. 31, 2026

Dan Spoor, a 69-year-old retired aerospace executive, used to spend hours researching companies in which he’s interested in investing and inputting their financial metrics into spreadsheets.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

She was inputting the different situations given to the team by the judges, but the results weren’t turning out like they’d predicted.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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