Thesaurus results for INQUESTS

inquests

noun

plural of inquest

as in investigations

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something the police conducted an inquest into the case

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Recent Examples of inquests The office has during the same time conducted inquests on 16 cases in with the cause was kratom overdose and has had one cychlorphine overdose death case. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026 The lack of rights owed to victims in particular has been repeatedly condemned by international commissions and inquests into clergy abuse that have found that the church’s judicial procedures retraumatize victims through their secrecy and opacity. — ABC News, 22 July 2026 Stiles is among a number of high-profile cases, including ex-England international Jeff Astle and former Scotland centre-half Gordon McQueen, whose deaths have led to inquests directly linking their CTE to repeatedly heading a ball. — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 15 July 2026 The first two inquests in Scott’s case had each lasted a single day. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

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Even so, should Democrats take back the House next month, Musk would face congressional investigations — and lawmakers would closely scrutinize any attempts to merge his companies.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Omar has denounced the investigations as a politically motivated conspiracy against her, and used it to urge supporters to donate to her reelection campaign.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of investigations

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What remains unclear is how much those inquiries overlap, and which contracts, payments or departments are drawing the most scrutiny.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
Their content gets attention, their inbox has inquiries and discovery calls get booked.

— Dr. Sariki Abungwo, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of inquiries

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Specialists must evaluate a patient's symptoms, medical history, neurological examinations and imaging results to determine whether the disease is present.

— Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Jean also said at least a dozen children underwent medical examinations and that Osbeck lacked the documentation required to operate an orphanage.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of examinations

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Late last year, Fabscrap released a white paper charting its explorations of pre-consumer waste materials and making recommendations for the industry to embed circularity upstream.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
It is expected to bring together his most iconic artworks, while inviting a fresh perspective on the artist’s explorations of mass media, image circulation, duplication, and popular culture.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of explorations

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Graham is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, a professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, and a senior scientist at Gallup, whose World Poll supplied the data for her latest paper.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Earlier studies collected nearly 200 kill dates from beneath them—not one is older than 2,000 years.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

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