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 If lenders perform hard credit inquiries, try to complete your rate shopping within a 14- to 45-day window; credit-scoring models generally treat multiple auto-loan inquiries made within this period as a single inquiry. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026 The United Way of Connecticut, which runs the state’s 2-1-1 human services referral line, reported about 23,000 phone and web inquiries regarding food assistance in September, up 84% from the same month in 2025. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Hilton’s spokesperson, Hector Barajas, said influencers had been instructed to add disclaimers to campaign posts after inquiries by The Sacramento Bee. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Indianapolis police did not regularly audit Flock searches until The Washington Post flagged thousands of questionable inquiries by one officer. — Henry F. Fradella, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 None of the parents of children in this story responded to inquiries from a reporter. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2026 Rupert’s lawyers deny it, though the takeover attempts have seemingly gone on pause since Higgins’s inquiries. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026 The things that Lowen discovers (and the events that her inquiries spark) involve the kind of violence that makes news. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026 Representatives for Dawkins and Korn did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s inquiries on Tuesday. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The bill also required the state water board to consult with tribes whose ancestral territories included water bodies during investigations into water rights.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
For all the attention organizations give to Title IX compliance, general workplace investigations—the kind every private employer eventually faces—rarely get the same documentation discipline.

— Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of investigations

Noun

Part of it has to do with Tariq, a Pakistani American filmmaker who partially grew up in Texas and has a knack for embedding a dizzying aesthetic into cross-cultural explorations.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Hadrian’s Wall is the place of continuing archeological discovery, even after all these years and explorations.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of explorations

Noun

But outside management does not inherently eliminate questions created by holding debt from specific local governments and projects, Marlowe said.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Mercury opposes Chiron across your personal and shared resource zones, making questions about expenses, debt, or contributions feel more personal than the numbers suggest.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of questions

Noun

In part, these changes have been spurred by – and continue to spur – deeper examinations of Islamic teachings by religious leaders as well as civilian scholars.

— Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent technical examinations reveal several modifications beneath the pictorial surface.

— Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of examinations

Noun

Leaders of organizations can encourage knowledge workers to develop friction-generating queries of AI models.

— Monideepa Tarafdar, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
If the model consistently recommends you in blind queries, the other levels of reputation maturity are likely in good shape.

— Alona Karpinska, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of queries

Noun

The trial began in July and is one of several studies launched to find some protection and another way of at least slowing the outbreak.

— CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
However, as some researchers have pointed out, the available studies didn’t assess whether emotions are actually regulated through the chatbot, and therefore conflate distress relief with attachment.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of studies

Noun

Analyzing data from lunar probes, a team of researchers found a rock formation that was much denser and more strongly magnetized compared with the surrounding material.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Some cosmologists have thought that BBN is too old-school to be as good a tool for cosmology as other probes of the early universe.

— Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

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