1
as in interrogates
to put a question or questions to
my coworkers asked me all about my trip to Machu Picchu
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as in requests
to make a request of
ask the salesclerk for assistance
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3
as in charges
to set or receive as a price
they are only asking $300 for that antique grandfather clock
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Recent Examples of asks
Mark asks, who has been our best signing so far from this summer?
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Handbrake Off, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
As Leavitt leads me down the rabbit hole, the brothers exchange a look, and Matt half-jokingly asks Leavitt not to spoil the season.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
These companies collect your personal details, such as age, phone number, donation history and even religious or political leanings, and sell them to anyone who asks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
At one point, Cicero asks how a disreputable woman like Clodia should be punished.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Ali and Anton Alcohol doesn’t stick around for long in this apartment, and Anton seems allergic to telling the truth when Ali asks him about these disappearing drinks.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Reynolds asks Natalie Norwood in the commercial.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
The company also asks the court to order Trader Joe's to hand over all materials involved with its crustless sandwiches, including the products themselves, containers, labels, packaging and wrappers, so they can be destroyed.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Williams asks in the opening verse.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Handbrake Off, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
As Leavitt leads me down the rabbit hole, the brothers exchange a look, and Matt half-jokingly asks Leavitt not to spoil the season.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
These companies collect your personal details, such as age, phone number, donation history and even religious or political leanings, and sell them to anyone who asks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
At one point, Cicero asks how a disreputable woman like Clodia should be punished.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Ali and Anton Alcohol doesn’t stick around for long in this apartment, and Anton seems allergic to telling the truth when Ali asks him about these disappearing drinks.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Reynolds asks Natalie Norwood in the commercial.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
The company also asks the court to order Trader Joe's to hand over all materials involved with its crustless sandwiches, including the products themselves, containers, labels, packaging and wrappers, so they can be destroyed.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Williams asks in the opening verse.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for asks
Verb
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Through Wyeth, Taylor interrogates the impossible standards put upon Black artists who may or may not want to comment on terrible things happening in the world, who may or may not want to foreground their race.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Also starring Denis O'Hare, Zachary Quinto, Sandra Bernhard, Isaac Powell, and Patti LuPone, NYC interrogates many thematic threads, but none more so than the illusion of control.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The restaurant requests that customers wear business casual or dressy evening wear, according to the 1587 Prime website.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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The museum requests that people enter through the coach-house door located off the Royall Place driveway.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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It’s not known what charges the state grand jury is considering, or who is being investigated.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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The indictment charges Bolton with eight counts of transmitting national defense information and 10 counts of unlawfully retaining such information.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Foregoing narration and dialogue, the film invites viewers to experience the region through the rhythm of wind, stone and ritual.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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That invites questions about the match officials’ timekeeping and about the futility of a welcome clampdown on timewasting by goalkeepers when such an enormous amount of time is being lost to other stoppages.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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No one questions the investment, no one questions the way Mayer went to the [Latin] Grammys.—
Ingrid Fajardo,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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For Kayla, what began as a small favor has spiraled into a conflict that questions both friendship and personal boundaries.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As for a revelation that still demands further clarification?—
Katherine Turman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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The question is whether European governments will match that commitment with procurement reform and the urgency this moment demands.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There is a bus system (rides start at €2) that connects most of the major tourist sites in Palma, and a railway (round trip, €40) that brings passengers to some other sites, including Sollér.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Each mission to the ISS, each rocket launch, each experiment on human adaptation brings us closer to understanding how to survive in space.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Asks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asks. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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