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inquiries

noun

plural of inquiry
1
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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2
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 Not so long ago, such inquiries belonged among the woo-woo subsect of our social dynamics and our literature. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Inside Lindblom, university leaders playfully lobbied on behalf of their campuses to a group of more than a dozen participants, who fired inquiries back about courses, postgraduation job success rates, campus accessibility and culture, and more. — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 Sosnick didn’t respond to inquiries sent to him and to Schneider, who offered to forward them directly. — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 When state inquiries ask participating entities to account for how 340B savings benefit local communities, compliance and disclosure remain remarkably low. — Christina Smith, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026 The deaths, which are under investigation by local, state and federal authorities, are being treated as separate inquiries, according to Lafayette County Metro Narcotics. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2026 The goal is to align these factors with your initial marketing strategy so your practice attracts the right patients at the right volume, rather than simply generating more inquiries. — Ajay Prasad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Weiss had interviewed for other jobs since his Rockies’ tenure, but got no other inquiries last winter. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 In response to the senators' inquiries, OpenAI spokesperson Nate Evans said the Hugging Face incident was an important moment for AI safety and a warning about the risks that could come with increasingly capable AI. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquiries
  1. investigations
  2. requests
  3. explorations
  4. questions
  5. examinations
  6. queries
  7. studies
  8. probes
Noun
  • To determine whether there was a reason to look further, researchers searched digital archives for existing investigations, finding 20 studies that qualified as suitable.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Several individuals have been charged and drugs and a number of firearms were recovered this week in separate investigations, according to the Aurora Police Department.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of investigations
Noun
  • The precise details of what happened there are obscure, and representatives for Beck did not respond to my requests for comment.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The platform manager handles the initial liquidity, valuation, regulatory and reporting requirements, although some expectations may reach PortCos through requests for faster data and stronger reporting.
    — Nate Heeren, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of requests
Noun
  • Hadrian’s Wall is the place of continuing archeological discovery, even after all these years and explorations.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2026
  • And it's brought to our audience a wide range of compelling stories – from personal narratives to sound-rich explorations of places and events to hard-hitting journalism on issues and topics that are important to students.
    — Janet W. Lee, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of explorations
Noun
  • Modern crypto-agility also requires organizations to answer operational questions in near-real time.
    — Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the book does not ask questions about education as a contested sociopolitical institution.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of questions
Noun
  • The report details necropsy and microscopic tissue examinations of two female belugas, 23-year-old Peekachu and 20-year-old Rain, who arrived in Chicago last month from the defunct Marineland park in Canada.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Noreus then submitted fraudulent transcripts to state nursing boards so students could take licensing examinations and obtain nursing licenses, according to prosecutors.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of examinations
Noun
  • Even though it was not supposed to have access to the internet, the agent found a way to send queries to a public chatbot.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • One financial-services enterprise studied by researchers from the University of Hong Kong and Stellaris AI found that inference costs exceeded $200,000 per month even though more than 70% of queries were routine enough for smaller models.
    — Ragy Thomas, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of queries
Noun
  • Ricochet’s 18-detector setup studies elusive reactor neutrinos while new software automates monitoring and analysis.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The cause and manner of death remain pending further studies and investigation, the spokesperson said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of studies
Noun
  • Hur judiciously constructs scene after scene that pulls and pushes the various probes closer to and further from the mysterious truth, which feels at once obscured and hidden in plain sight.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Even with Oracle founder Larry Ellison the primary backer of his son’s ParaBros dreams, the even older Ellison’s net worth, which has been declining of late, may not be able to handle the strain of months and months of such probes.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of probes

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“Inquiries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquiries. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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