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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The Virgo moon asks you to focus on the small tasks.
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One approach asks experts to inspect the uncertainty once.
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Someone who questions burnout culture may be perceived as less committed.
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President again questions election results In the first round, Cepeda earned 41% of the vote, while de la Espriella garnered 44%, according to official results.
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Barragán originally set out to find the man who scammed his mother by posing as a handsome American soldier, but now interrogates four of these young men, illuminating their psychological tactics, economic hardships and moral dilemmas.
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Advent has effectively digitized its own intellectual history — its wins, its misses, its assumptions — and turned it into a live analytical layer that interrogates every new deal that comes before the committee.
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“Inquires (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquires%20%28of%29. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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