as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
casually inquired of the neighbors the identity of the house's previous owner
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Murray, in turn, was asked to be a two-way player in ways that were not necessarily originally expected for the young prospect with a deft shooting touch.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Get people to ask hard questions about everything and not to trust anything on its face.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Kieran Cunningham, an Irish journalist, has questioned why Fitzpatrick is allowed to continue working in boxing.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Dad would question her drinking, which was like squirting lighter fluid on a roaring fire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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To debate, to reason, to interrogate ideas.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
18 Oct. 2025
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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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“Inquire (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquire%20%28of%29. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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