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 State officials did not respond to inquiries about shellfish closures as of Sunday evening. — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026 The Geneva Lake Law Enforcement Agency, City of Lake Geneva Police Department, Walworth County Sheriff's Office and Walworth County did not immediately respond to additional inquiries from Fox News Digital. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026 Turkish government and tourism representatives did not respond to inquiries from The Washington Post on Friday. — Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 3 July 2026 Without control of committee gavels — and the subpoena power that comes with them — legislative inquiries from the Hill minority generally rely on the voluntary compliance from their targets to produce documents or testimony. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 July 2026 The bank declined to respond to inquiries regarding whether PNC has thresholds for flagging large monetary transactions, especially wire transactions. — Ella Moore july 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 Police said preliminary inquiries found that the boy was home alone before the incident. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 At that point, Mills said, Kamlager-Dove’s office submitted inquiries to the Postal Service asking about the reason for the closure and what is being done to alleviate the burden on customers. — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026 The site said it’s been trying to contact the FBI for the past month to further discuss the matter, but has received no response to its inquiries. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquiries
  1. investigations
  2. requests
  3. explorations
  4. questions
  5. examinations
  6. queries
  7. studies
  8. probes
Noun
  • Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London said that police have marked an ongoing rise in the pace of its security investigations in recent years, and described the case as another instance of proactive intervention.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Nearly all of these claims have been debunked through investigations and audits.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of investigations
Noun
  • Spokespersons for Paxton’s campaign and office and the Texas Tech system did not immediately return requests for comment.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026
  • The cities of Calexico, Half Moon Bay and Ridgecrest did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of requests
Noun
  • Bideau’s debut, 2022’s Fleeting Future, hinted at the explorations of Terra Incognita, its complex electroacoustic grids opening into ever-expanding crescendos.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
  • Ideal for park walks, running errands, and sightseeing explorations, these slip-on sneakers have elastic laces and heel pull tabs for effortless on-and-off wear.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
Definition of explorations
Noun
  • Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh testified before the Senate banking committee, addressing questions on the economy and factors that impact interest rates.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Callstrom also gets frequent questions from staff about what AI tools will mean for jobs.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of questions
Noun
  • Future stable isotope examinations could also better contextualize the family’s nutritional issues.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
  • And those examinations included the doctor checking for a hernia, which meant the doctor took hold of my genitals and asked me to cough.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of examinations
Noun
  • Its Google Trends service analyzes the popularity of top queries though the results don’t reveal the number of searches for a specific term.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • However, the creator is fielding queries openly and the project has already surpassed it funding goal.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 July 2026
Definition of queries
Noun
  • Peggy Cawthon, a doctor who studies falls among older adults at California Pacific Medical Center, said younger seniors — those between 65 and 75 — are more likely to fall while exercising or doing strenuous household chores.
    — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • Developers are also required to pay to connect their projects to the city’s water and sewer system, and conduct studies to make sure the development won’t negatively affect the city’s waste water system, according to the webpage.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026
Definition of studies
Noun
  • If the mission lasts beyond 2029, New Horizons may follow in the historic steps of the Voyager probes as the spacecraft’s current trajectory will take it outside the heliosphere and into interstellar space.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The lawsuit says the sanctions, triggered by ICC war-crimes probes in Gaza, have forced groups to halt evidence-sharing, cut ties with Palestinian advocates and censor their own speech.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of probes

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