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[kweer-ee] / ˈkwɪər i /




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There may be those in the room who will query his ability to turn this around, especially with such fierce criticism from European countries.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Andrés E. Chait said in a recent response to a Times query.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

“How come he’s a man, and you’re a—.” Ruthye’s subsequent query is cut off by the plot starting up again, and the gendered difference between the two names is never brought up again.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

The National Park Service did not respond to an AFP query seeking comment and confirmation.

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

Every couple of days he’ll startle the directress with some unanswerable query: “Why do we get hiccups, Frau Elena?”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

And those are queries that must be addressed because, whether we like it or not, even dystopian rom-coms might point us in the right — or even new — direction.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

But the front yard is the more influential space, as neighbors increasingly stop by with queries.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

That’s leading to the rise of model routing — a technique that directs queries to the most suitable AI model.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

In response to BBC queries on Friday, a spokesperson for the police and the media authority said that "reports were lodged and investigations are ongoing".

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

He thanked them for his food, encouraged them to talk about their hopes and histories, answered their questions politely, and never pressed too hard with queries of his own.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

When queried by AFP about the Washington Post report, the White House sent a statement defending the new plane's safety.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

In Target, she’d be queried about where to find the Christmas decorations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

He also queried how the £265m figure had been reached by the GSA.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

The information is stored in a database that can be queried by U.S. spooks and often goes into the President’s daily intelligence briefing.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

“Well, what do you see, young one?” queried Methuselah.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The strategy starts with Amazon’s homegrown AI chips, called Trainium and Inferentia, which are specialized, respectively, for training models and querying them for results.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

In more than 600 agricultural safety investigations, officials never visited worksites and instead performed “letter investigations,” or querying employers by mail.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 20, 2025

Wade, he suggested, may channel its efforts toward querying the morality and legality of editing human genes in the womb.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

"Some were querying 'have we reached peak Greggs?' and we have gone out...to demonstrate that this is not the case," the food retail boss said.

From BBC Oct. 1, 2025

"I'll be querying them about the carriage, showing the false orders Willem created. I'll draw it out as long as I can, but you'll have barely any time, and they absolutely cannot see you."

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse




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