How to Use lookup in a Sentence

lookup

1 of 2 noun
  • For public schools in Chicago, scroll down to the next lookup.
    Emily Hoerner, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • This makes Spokeo one of the cheaper reverse lookup sites.
    Dallas News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Of those, Posie — also spelled Posy or Posey — was the number-one lookup in the first quarter of 2019.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Clearvin is a great option for those who want to do a license plate lookup online.
    Dallas News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The results are then compiled in a lookup table that the compiler uses to build the circuit.
    IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The charges were later dismissed, according to the online court lookup.
    Stephanie Gosk, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • This also has the effect of speeding up the DNS lookup and making browsing the internet even faster.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This has been designed to reduce the need for password reset or lookup, Quallich said.
    Ann Norman, cleveland.com, 6 July 2017
  • Check for a state license lookup tool to see if a provider or setting has the appropriate license.
    USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Vehicles built after 1981 are used with the VIN Decoder lookup.
    Dallas News, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Merrill noted that voters can find their polling place through a lookup tool on the secretary of state’s website.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 1 Nov. 2022
  • His background is unclear, but a domain lookup shows sergeydev[.]com is registered to a person in Poland named Sergey Bronovsky.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Again, the solution is to ensure that the pattern of data lookups remains consistent regardless of the bits of the key.
    Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 25 June 2018
  • The Call Filter app can also be upgraded for $2.99 a month per line and adds a custom block list and reverse number lookup.
    Madeline Purdue, USA TODAY, 8 July 2019
  • To find your Kroger location's store hours and information check Kroger's store lookup page.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2024
  • Rather than picking a specific word that reflects on the year as a whole, the editors rank top terms based on which ones had a spike in lookups on its website.
    Megan Friedman, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Dec. 2014
  • The lag prompted engineers to delay work that had been scheduled for this week on the name servers that handle lookups for domain names ending in .gov and .int.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
  • To find information about a doctor, the best place to start is your state medical board's license lookup page.
    ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2015
  • Any time your browser attempts a DNS lookup, that request can pass across multiple servers.
    Wired, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The table lookup and LFSR step are performed for each byte of data in the sector, and the result is output as the original video data.
    Victor C. Clarke, WIRED, 1 June 2001
  • This will yield simple lookup tables for monthly loan payments.
    Mark Kantrowitz, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Use an online lookup tool, such as consumerfinance.gov/renthelp or the Treasury Department's website, to enter your address and find a program near you.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2021
  • But having roots that predate the rise of the modern internet has led to inevitable problems, one of which is that those address lookups aren't encrypted.
    Wired, 9 Oct. 2019
  • In order to keep the load manageable for a lookup system that must service the entire world, DNS is designed as a many-stage hierarchy.
    Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Also today, a receipt or item lookup using a credit card is required in most instances.
    Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2020
  • State officials have a polling place lookup website and an online database for all Illinois election boards, which voters can use to check their polling places.
    Kelli Smith, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • BeRecycled offers a lookup box to check by zip code to see which recyclables your local hauler accepts, but the answers aren’t always clear.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The images use a domain name system leak detection service called dnslog.cn to see if the target cloud service is performing a DNS lookup.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The website offers a coverage lookup tool and various ways to save on Wegovy for those with or without insurance.
    Karen Berger, Pharmd, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The program also supports LUT (lookup table) presets, which can produce lighting effects like day-for-night and candlelight.
    PCMAG, 24 July 2024
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look up

2 of 2 verb
  • But things are looking up this year for the 1% of the 1%.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, look up at the top of this column, and — voila!
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The teenagers in your life may even look up from their phones.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • With his size, there aren’t a lot of players to look up to.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Winona and Uri are very close Uri looked up to Winona in more ways than one.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The manual is where people go to look up the laws in the state.
    Hartford Courant, 18 June 2022
  • Take off your shoes, lie down on your back or side, look up at the moon and breathe.
    Brie Gatchalian, Woman's Day, 6 May 2022
  • Fans may look up to players on the court, but Hunter is a hero on the sidelines.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 June 2022
  • In the end, there was precious little time left to just look up.
    Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • In fact, things were starting to look up during the first week of March 2020.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Get outside, look up and lose yourself in the wonders of the night sky.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • At one point, Wren looks up at his mom and smiles widely.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023
  • In the stones, Frankie lay back and looked up at the sky, fat tears sliding from her cheeks and into the earth.
    Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
  • The child pushed his dad’s bathrobe aside to hug his legs, then looked up and asked where the other leg was.
    Aaron Stern, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The youngsters who look up to him will have to keep straining those necks.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Just as things were looking up, there was a new growth two years ago.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023
  • To dress the look up entirely, The Row’s ‘Bare’ sandals in yellow will take the charge.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2023
  • McCarthy said the 15 other staff members on the unit look up to Grant.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024
  • If a full trip isn’t in the cards for you, look up some areas for a day trip or solo hike.
    Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Perhaps above all, the book is a reminder to look up—and not to take that vista for granted.
    Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Once there, let your eyes adjust for about 20 minutes, then look up at the sky and wait.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Hale looks up to find Kyah hanging limp from the window blind’s pull cord.
    Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Lie flat on your back and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
  • That’s why guys like Jim Keltner and Ringo and all these guys looked up to Levon.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Officers looked up to see an open window on the 17th floor of the building.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2024
  • And for those of us in Arizona, things are looking up — at least a little.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
  • At night, my eyes look up to the stars and then stray along the mountain peaks, which are capped by snow and which the morning sun roasts at 6:30.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022
  • One night, my father looks up from my phone to ask, What is this Pizza Rat?
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • It’s already had a test run in London; please go look up the photos of the wigs yourselves.
    Vulture, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The outline of the triangular ribs of the building’s core can be seen from the ground looking up.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024

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