query

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It’s a query that McCarthy, who came of age — and amassed megawatt fame — as a 1980s heartthrob in films like “Class” and “Pretty in Pink” before transitioning to feted author, longs to address.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

A token is the fundamental unit of data used to process a query and produce a response.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Every query Siri resolves on-device is a session that never begins on Instagram or another Meta product.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

And then he interrupted a question to return to a previous query about his play calling, needing to rebut the strangers on the internet picking apart his work.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

This query bore the unmistakable fingerprints of Arthur Compton, who reigned as the world’s leading expert on cosmic rays.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik