inquires (of)

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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Verb
  • Morgan asks Joanne to help push her to break up with him — in the middle of their engagement party — and the younger sister tries to set her plan in motion.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And then there’s the bigger-picture version, which asks audience members to think both outside the box and the multiplex.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • But there’s one style of parenting that questions if that’s really the right strategy.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 21 Oct. 2025
  • So when Angela Forrest’s fall proves deadly, nobody questions anything.
    Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Every season interrogates a different aspect of entertainment.
    Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • 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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“Inquires (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquires%20%28of%29. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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