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input

[in-poot] / ˈɪnˌpʊt /




NOUN
intake
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The researchers suggest that humans may have developed advanced fine motor abilities by adapting an older neural circuit originally involved in controlling sensory input.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Key risks are data-center project timing and input costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Diesel is a crucial input to manufacturing, agriculture and transportation, though its direct impact on consumers is obscure compared with the effect of auto fuel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Some residents, however, say the state has robbed them of any input over developments they consider bad neighbors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Drafted mostly by Szilard with Einstein’s input, the two-page, eight-paragraph document buries the urgency of the situation under dry and conditional prose, its momentousness communicated largely by Einstein’s signature at the bottom.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

“We’re pleased to see it computing commonsense outputs from abstract inputs, but we feel admiration toward it rather than warmth.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz revealed the Persian Gulf’s “major role in fertilizer and the inputs that go into fertilizer,” the report notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Drawing on national reports and other inputs, a "global review" of collective improvements and pitfalls is being finalised.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

It's the same story with industrial machinery, battery inputs, chemicals, solar cells, and manufacturing equipment.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

First, it involves seasonally pulsed inputs of labor.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

And this new technology does that automatically, virtually mimicking the function of a pancreas - although it still requires information on food intake to be inputted at mealtimes to work accurately.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 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 Mihai Nadin

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

Using the agent, Levi’s can finish inputting certain orders within minutes, whereas it used to take days, Chief Financial and Growth Officer Harmit Singh said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 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

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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