asks (for)

present tense third-person singular of ask (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for asks (for)
Verb
  • The filing doesn’t specify how much money the woman is seeking in damages and requests a jury trial.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The complaint requests a jury trial.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … ORDER FROM THE COURT – Georgia judge orders Fani Willis to redo search for records in Trump election case.
    , FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As the documentary depicts through footage of the rescue efforts, all of those outside tensions make the two rescue parties reluctant to work together, until the government orders the special forces team to use the indigenous search party’s knowledge of the forest in their favor.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Google and Meta on Friday announced new partnerships with Reliance Industries as the Indian conglomerate seeks to accelerate its push into artificial intelligence.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Rise & Dine is a SAVEUR column by contributing editor Megan Zhang, an aspiring early riser who seeks to explore the culture of mornings and rituals of breakfast around the world.
    Megan Zhang, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even as liberal-seeming Amir invites Yusuf to join the Muslim Association, an informal organization of male Arab landowners, Yusuf’s father is killed in a night-time confrontation with the settlers.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Hanson’s camera only ever invites them to bring themselves.
    Mark Holgate, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Asks (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asks%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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