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input

[in-poot] / ˈɪnˌpʊt /




NOUN
intake
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Right now, the legal marketplace of ideas is more or less the exclusive domain of judges, with occasional input from law professors who wish they were judges.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

Governments across Australia will also work together to ensure large data centers “are built in the most appropriate locations, and with input from local communities,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

He seeks the input of local residents in his planned projects so they can participate in beautifying their neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

It previously had said it would seek public input and not make the decision behind closed doors.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

What about a little input from Dante himself?

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Take the inflation swaps that are just one of the inputs to the Cleveland Fed’s model.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

That’s partially the consequence of blockages of the Strait of Hormuz, the crucial thoroughfare not only for middle eastern oil, but also for such industrial inputs as fertilizer and aluminum.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

The survey indicated that expectations for higher prices—both what firms pay for inputs and what they intend to charge their customers—are at a level last recorded in early 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

The conflict has driven up farming and transportation expenses, especially for perishables that require greater energy inputs.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

At each such division, the number shrinks colossally–yet even with the most conservative inputs the number of advanced civilizations just in the Milky Way always works out to be somewhere in the millions.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

You can check your tax returns by making sure that the information this CPA inputted is correct; the software will do the rest.

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

At 14:30 BST, Nats confirmed that flight plans were being inputted manually, which meant heavy restrictions on the number of flights in and out of the UK.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2023

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

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

The Medicare online tools don’t have a “couples” setting, so each person should go through the process by inputting their information.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2025

People who are immersed in AI often have some surprisingly old-fashioned habits, from scrawling meeting notes on paper to inputting calendar entries manually.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

Only when the series of equations had been sufficiently reduced would she start the process of inputting values and coming up with numbers using the calculating machines.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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