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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 materialist, physiological explanation for the phenomenon of panic generates a bright contrast with the philosophical and metaphysical inquiries that have Nicholas, and Clune, in their grip.
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Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Neither California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office nor representatives for state senate and assembly leaders respond to inquiries left outside of normal business hours.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Kate Moss, who so rarely gives interviews that even her throaty cackle feels like a disclosure, is another friend who submitted to Freud’s inquiries.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verified doctors must maintain a minimum four-star satisfaction rating, undergo license checks every three months, publish unedited before-and-afters, list board certifications, and commit to responding to patient inquiries within two business days.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Panouses regularly fields inquiries from investors, scammers and people in need, all trying to reach his clients.
—Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
The City of Lakeville, FAA and NTSB did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
In its post announcing the upcoming roll out of parental controls, OpenAI also shared plans to route sensitive inquiries to a model of their chatbot that spends a longer time reasoning and looking through context before responding to prompts.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
For additional details, Blue Bell has provided a hotline for consumer inquiries.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
Neither California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office nor representatives for state senate and assembly leaders respond to inquiries left outside of normal business hours.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Kate Moss, who so rarely gives interviews that even her throaty cackle feels like a disclosure, is another friend who submitted to Freud’s inquiries.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verified doctors must maintain a minimum four-star satisfaction rating, undergo license checks every three months, publish unedited before-and-afters, list board certifications, and commit to responding to patient inquiries within two business days.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Panouses regularly fields inquiries from investors, scammers and people in need, all trying to reach his clients.
—Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
The City of Lakeville, FAA and NTSB did not immediately respond to inquiries from Fox News Digital.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
In its post announcing the upcoming roll out of parental controls, OpenAI also shared plans to route sensitive inquiries to a model of their chatbot that spends a longer time reasoning and looking through context before responding to prompts.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
For additional details, Blue Bell has provided a hotline for consumer inquiries.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquiries
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The hashtag campaigns gained traction on TikTok and Reddit, leading to calls for asset investigations, anti-corruption reforms and even transferring the assets of the wealthy to public ownership.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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The criminal investigations chief spoke to ABC News about online betting risks.—
Patricio Chile,
ABC News,
13 Sep. 2025
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The program is accepting, reviewing, and processing new enrollment applications and certification requests, according to HHS, and any information ban was lifted in February.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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But Miller said Wake County officials for nearly a decade refused her requests to have her kids reevaluated.—
Fred Clasen-Kelly,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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My previous writing on DataOps—including multipart explorations of industrial DataOps and continuous predictive maintenance—has been shaped by experiences working with IT/OT leaders and quality professionals who not only need data quickly, but who also need data that is reliable and audit-ready.—
Nagesh Nama,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Their explorations will include speaking with conservationists, tracking wolverines in the rugged North American backcountry, examining Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and more.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement As Kirk fielded questions from the audience, a shot rang out, striking him in the neck.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Observer is bringing back the Panthers mailbag to answer some burning questions from the fan base.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Further examinations by team doctors showed nothing serious and Glasow was cleared to pitch Monday.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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Further examinations revealed that the golden retriever TNNI3 mutation is autosomal recessive.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
3 Sep. 2025
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When sensitive information persists in the LLM or its cached queries, the threat model worsens, potentially breaching both privacy and regulatory requirements.—
Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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After retraining, the AI model consistently rejected harmful queries, even when operating with only a fraction of its original structure.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Furthermore, numerous studies have shown how different aspects of society such as social interactions, the environment, access to healthcare and the presence and absence of various economic resources can affect the spread of infectious diseases.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stern is perhaps best known for being the principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission, which was the first to fly by Pluto in 2015 before venturing on to do studies of other small bodies in the Kuiper Belt.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Since February, most staffers have been under a stop-work order that has effectively stalled the bulk of its probes — including ones into debanking.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
9 Sep. 2025
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Over the past decade, neuroscience took a giant leap forward with the development of digital neural probes called Neuropixels, which can monitor thousands of neurons at once.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Inquiries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquiries. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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