INQUIRIES Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

inquiries

noun

plural of inquiry

as in investigations

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something an inquiry into the origins of the universe

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as in requests

an act or instance of asking for information one student made a hesitant inquiry about the assignment

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Recent Examples of inquiries The track’s general manager, Rick Baugh, did not respond to multiple inquiries about ProPublica’s reporting, and one of the racing operation’s owners didn’t answer questions sent by email. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 The inquiries sought explanations for the absences, clarification of the league’s anthem requirements and the teams’ plans for Game 3 on Wednesday night in Atlanta. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 By then, Conan Doyle was receiving dozens of inquiries addressed to Sherlock Holmes each month—requests for autographs, advice, even locks of hair. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 OpenAI has not addressed inquiries about who that person is, or why this is the only paper to have had the benefit of human expertise before being released. — Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026 McVay said the Rams were making inquiries about available kickers. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 What remains unclear is how much those inquiries overlap, and which contracts, payments or departments are drawing the most scrutiny. — 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 Waddhwa moved to strike a film development deal around the incident after getting unsolicited inquiries from Indian media firms. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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Noun

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

Noun

The city attorney’s office didn’t respond to requests for more information Wednesday.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Palestine Action Global and the Treasury Department did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s requests for comment.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of requests

Noun

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

Noun

The pledge raises some questions about what kind of voting rights the shares would have; SpaceX is a dual-class stock and Musk enjoys supermajority control of the company.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Still, Converse’s sales hemorrhage raises fair questions about whether this is more than a cyclical decline.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of questions

Noun

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

Noun

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

Definition of studies

Noun

The administration has targeted universities across the country with probes and threats to pull federal funding in response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus, diversity initiatives and transgender policies.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
The enigma of comets and asteroids lured the world’s space agencies into funding a series of robotic probes to study them.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

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