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inquires (of)

verb

present tense third-person singular of inquire (of)
as in asks
to put a question or questions to casually inquired of the neighbors the identity of the house's previous owner

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquires (of)
  1. asks
  2. questions
  3. interrogates
Verb
  • And no city asks an LLM every few seconds whether a traffic light should turn green.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Neptune retrograde in Aries, for instance, asks us to question everything from our levels of assertion to our individual freedom.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of asks
Verb
  • The piece questions the company's focus on alternative earnings metrics excluding amortization and its squishy customer retention.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The group questions the efficacy and safety of childhood vaccines.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of questions
Verb
  • One day scholars will teach Lepore’s work alongside Arendt’s, seeing that Lepore interrogates not simply a modern moment, but traces our current machine age back to the 17th-century conceit for artifice as improvement.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • Writer-director Ari Aster interrogates not just the social and political turmoil of COVID-19, but also the way social media can exacerbate that unraveling of collective neuroses.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of interrogates
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“Inquires (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquires%20%28of%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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