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as in investigations
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
an inquiry into the origins of the universe
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as in requests
an act or instance of asking for information
one student made a hesitant inquiry about the assignment
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Recent Examples of inquiries
State officials did not respond to inquiries about shellfish closures as of Sunday evening.
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Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
5 July 2026
The Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency, City of Lake Geneva Police Department, Walworth County Sheriff's Office and Walworth County did not immediately respond to additional inquiries from Fox News Digital.
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Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
Turkish government and tourism representatives did not respond to inquiries from The Washington Post on Friday.
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Hannah Sampson,
Washington Post,
3 July 2026
Without control of committee gavels — and the subpoena power that comes with them — legislative inquiries from the Hill minority generally rely on the voluntary compliance from their targets to produce documents or testimony.
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Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
The bank declined to respond to inquiries regarding whether PNC has thresholds for flagging large monetary transactions, especially wire transactions.
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Ella Moore
july 2,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
Police said preliminary inquiries found that the boy was home alone before the incident.
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Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
At that point, Mills said, Kamlager-Dove’s office submitted inquiries to the Postal Service asking about the reason for the closure and what is being done to alleviate the burden on customers.
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Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The site said it’s been trying to contact the FBI for the past month to further discuss the matter, but has received no response to its inquiries.
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Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
5 July 2026
The Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency, City of Lake Geneva Police Department, Walworth County Sheriff's Office and Walworth County did not immediately respond to additional inquiries from Fox News Digital.
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Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
Turkish government and tourism representatives did not respond to inquiries from The Washington Post on Friday.
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Hannah Sampson,
Washington Post,
3 July 2026
Without control of committee gavels — and the subpoena power that comes with them — legislative inquiries from the Hill minority generally rely on the voluntary compliance from their targets to produce documents or testimony.
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Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
The bank declined to respond to inquiries regarding whether PNC has thresholds for flagging large monetary transactions, especially wire transactions.
—
Ella Moore
july 2,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
Police said preliminary inquiries found that the boy was home alone before the incident.
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Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
At that point, Mills said, Kamlager-Dove’s office submitted inquiries to the Postal Service asking about the reason for the closure and what is being done to alleviate the burden on customers.
—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
The site said it’s been trying to contact the FBI for the past month to further discuss the matter, but has received no response to its inquiries.
—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquiries
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In a separate interview, another person familiar with the situation — who has been involved in past intelligence investigations involving Venezuelan officials — offered additional allegations about the restricted zone.
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In an exclusive interview at FBI headquarters, Raia said the bureau's multi-agency mission center has moved beyond intelligence gathering and into active financial investigations aimed at dismantling the networks that finance political violence.
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Access is free through a lottery system, with MK2 receiving around 200,000 ticket requests each year.
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The president has repeatedly approved a higher percentage of aid requests for Republican-leaning states than for Democratic-leaning ones in his second term, according to the nonpartisan think tank Urban Institute.
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The real draws, however, are the two star-making performances by Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos, whose extraordinary and viscerally raw explorations of sensuality and heartbreak saw them jointly (and deservedly) awarded the Palme d’Or with the film’s director.
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These cuts can come off as less-challenging than the more intriguing explorations of his ear for arrangements.
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The lengthy delay to the funeral has raised questions about how Khamenei's remains have been preserved, as Islamic tradition, anaylsts say, generally calls for prompt burial and discourages chemical embalming.
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An independent autopsy requested by the family of a 1-year-old boy who was fatally shot by police in Mississippi raises new questions about officers' actions, adding to growing calls for transparency in the weeks since the shooting.
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Veterinarians conducting preliminary examinations determined many of the dogs died from gunshot wounds, according to Honsal.
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The students, who were taking their secondary school leaving examinations when they were attacked and abducted, are between 15 and 18 years old.
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Google also might mix different types of search queries together to hide connections to a sensitive topic.
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In our case, the model writes the queries, the queries run inside our environment on the brand's own data and the results never leave the brand's perimeter.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
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Some studies have shown that estrogen can help protect the heart, but the FDA hasn’t authorized it for this use.
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Real estate and other industries already face probes into algorithmic and surveillance pricing, as Americans cite housing and energy costs as top worries and question whether genuine competition still exists.
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Trump went to extraordinary efforts to pressure the Fed into lowering, from launching criminal probes into Powell and Governor Lisa Cook, to outright insulting the chair’s intelligence.
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“Inquiries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquiries. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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