1
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
Service organizations are seeing agents query records, answer questions, summarize cases, and increasingly resolve customer inquiries on their own.
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John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The organization has also reported more than 37,000 inquiries from individuals seeking to launch new campus chapters.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Attendance and attitude Some members of the Jackson County Legislature have repeatedly criticized White for declining to attend meetings of the legislature, often sending a member of his staff to answer inquiries on his behalf.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
The announcement came after Beijing opened new inquiries into Washington’s manufacture and regulation of semiconductors.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The decision to continue inquiries comes after the original investigation, launched in December.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, her Instagram following continued to grow, and other brands emailed her project inquiries—a video series with Depop about her work, for example, and an opportunity to teach an upcycling workshop with footwear retail giant Foot Locker.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
The materialist, physiological explanation for the phenomenon of panic generates a bright contrast with the philosophical and metaphysical inquiries that have Nicholas, and Clune, in their grip.
—Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Neither California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office nor representatives for state senate and assembly leaders respond to inquiries left outside of normal business hours.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The organization has also reported more than 37,000 inquiries from individuals seeking to launch new campus chapters.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Attendance and attitude Some members of the Jackson County Legislature have repeatedly criticized White for declining to attend meetings of the legislature, often sending a member of his staff to answer inquiries on his behalf.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
The announcement came after Beijing opened new inquiries into Washington’s manufacture and regulation of semiconductors.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The decision to continue inquiries comes after the original investigation, launched in December.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, her Instagram following continued to grow, and other brands emailed her project inquiries—a video series with Depop about her work, for example, and an opportunity to teach an upcycling workshop with footwear retail giant Foot Locker.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
The materialist, physiological explanation for the phenomenon of panic generates a bright contrast with the philosophical and metaphysical inquiries that have Nicholas, and Clune, in their grip.
—Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Neither California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office nor representatives for state senate and assembly leaders respond to inquiries left outside of normal business hours.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquiries
Noun
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The hashtag campaigns gained traction on TikTok and Reddit, leading to calls for asset investigations, anti-corruption reforms and even transferring the assets of the wealthy to public ownership.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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The criminal investigations chief spoke to ABC News about online betting risks.—
Patricio Chile,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The program is accepting, reviewing, and processing new enrollment applications and certification requests, according to HHS, and any information ban was lifted in February.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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But Miller said Wake County officials for nearly a decade refused her requests to have her kids reevaluated.—
Fred Clasen-Kelly,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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My previous writing on DataOps—including multipart explorations of industrial DataOps and continuous predictive maintenance—has been shaped by experiences working with IT/OT leaders and quality professionals who not only need data quickly, but who also need data that is reliable and audit-ready.—
Nagesh Nama,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Their explorations will include speaking with conservationists, tracking wolverines in the rugged North American backcountry, examining Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and more.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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While commercial pilots are allowed to use iPads and electronic tablets in the cockpit to access navigation charts and checklists, the tone of the exchange sparked questions about situational awareness in a restricted airspace.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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The questions the panel will vote on have not been disclosed, but speculation has run high that the panel will endorse drastic changes to the current immunization recommendations, including the guidance to immunize newborns against hepatitis B.—
The Hill,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
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Further examinations by team doctors showed nothing serious and Glasow was cleared to pitch Monday.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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Further examinations revealed that the golden retriever TNNI3 mutation is autosomal recessive.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
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Next, traceback either leverages the STIR/SHAKEN attestation framework, which immediately identifies the source network, or undertakes queries at each upstream CSP in the call's transmission chain until the originating CSP and its customer are identified.—
Peter Ford,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In addition to optimizing queries, Espresso routes queries between different compute clusters to maximize efficiency.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But that would seem to likely even out across all people and studies.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Many studies have been performed on animals or have involved apple supplements rather than whole fruit.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Justice Department has yet to announce any probes into the matter.—
Hannah Demissie,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Following close behind are El Salvador, Mexico and Guatemala and Argentina, each of which has five former presidents either facing or having faced criminal probes.—
Sofía Benavides,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Inquiries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquiries. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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