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input

[in-poot] / ˈɪnˌpʊt /




NOUN
intake
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Apple’s “economics are under pressure owing to structurally rising input costs and supply chain constraints, neither of which will improve in the near term, we believe,” she wrote in a Friday note.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

"My fear is that if we didn't give them something like Cyber Choices, where would they get that input and where would that input take them?"

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Canada Nickel plans an open-pit mine with the capacity to produce roughly 240,000 metric tons of ore a day and mill with input capacity of 120,000 tons daily, all operating for about 41 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Crude input to refineries increased by 271,000 barrels a day to 17.3 million barrels a day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

I don’t actually need their input, but it’s an excuse to start a new conversation.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

That fair value, which uses factors including the S&P 500, the 10-year yield and exchange rates as inputs, was actually adjusted downward given slowing rates of official — i.e., central bank — purchases.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 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

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

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

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

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

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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