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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 realism extended to the flight model, which made use of an effective technique: lookup tables.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The hack worked because the unique transaction assigned to each lookup was predictable enough that attackers could include it in fake responses.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 May 2022
  • Soranet’s servers bounced around over the years, including to the US, according to domain lookups and Korean officials.
    Shawn Musgrave, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2018
  • On the former point, Google plans to follow Mozilla Firefox's lead in encrypting people's website lookup queries by default.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The Plus version costs $4 per month per line and adds caller ID, reverse number lookup, and additional nuisance call controls.
    Simon Hill, Wired, 6 Aug. 2022
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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
  • In the end, there was precious little time left to just look up.
    Dan Falk, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And if the health of the industry is measured in volume, things are looking up.
    Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
  • But in prison, players can’t just look up the game rules online.
    Keri Blakinger, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Anyone who wants to look up at the sun as the moon passes in front of it should invest in a pair of eclipse glasses.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Things are looking up, and good energy is on its way to us.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Robins says at this point Felton gave him a strange look and told the author to look up his Wikipedia entry.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Of course, Christopher is his own player, but he’s got a great one to look up to in Freddy.
    Journal Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
  • But look up the Dunlop Tires ad, though — that one is my favorite.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The once-mighty Patriots are stuck at the bottom looking up at the Bills, Jets, and Dolphins.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The pup, his whiskers comically long for his face, looked up at me with wide black eyes.
    Jessica Vincent, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Despite the lean times, Torres said things are looking up.
    Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The couple heard the rumble, Francine said, and her first reaction was to walk outside to the backyard and look up.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Don’t stand directly under the tree and look up at the nest; that tends to make the adult eagles nervous, Sharpe said.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2024

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