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 Canales — who had previously dealt with NFLPA practice inquiries in the past during his time in Seattle — would not get into the specifics of the inquiry. — Mike Kaye july 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 July 2026 His spokesperson would not say if that plan is still under consideration for future school years, despite multiple inquiries by the Daily News. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026 The organizations filed overdue returns — both following The Bee’s inquiries. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Neither Suarez nor EvoSkin responded to the Herald’s inquiries about whether the FDA had cleared Endo One. — Ella Moore july 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 Your credit score is built from several factors, including payment history, amounts owed, length of credit history, new credit inquiries, and credit mix. — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The Arizona Secretary of State’s office declined to comment and directed inquiries to ADOT. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 22 July 2026 Sources told Andrew that the abrupt nature of the termination came about due to media inquiries about Clark’s future, and that ESPN had initially planned to inform Clark of the decision today. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 21 July 2026 Bayless introduces us to Master Gardener Matt DeRose and encourages us to turn our plant-specific inquiries to him. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquiries
  1. investigations
  2. requests
  3. explorations
  4. questions
  5. examinations
  6. queries
  7. studies
  8. probes
Noun
  • Countless vigilantes have taken to the roadways armed with trash bags, spray paint, laser pointers, and power drills to render the surveillance poles useless, resulting in arrests and investigations by police.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 30 July 2026
  • Other chains are also feeling some impact from the outbreak even though they haven’t been named in government investigations.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of investigations
Noun
  • Ortiz and Edgar Castro, founding partner of the Southern Group’s Miami office, did not respond to requests for comment.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • The senators’ requests are in line with claims Blanche already made to the Senate about the scope of the immunity agreement being much narrower than the actual language of the deal suggests.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of requests
Noun
  • Examples range from new film reviews on *Filmspotting* to historical explorations like *Verbal Diorama* on *Die Hard*, and niche genres such as *Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever*.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Yet while some of the poem’s colorful explorations are lost, Odysseus’s consistent anguish lends the movie a satisfying thematic coherence.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Definition of explorations
Noun
  • Indeed, Microsoft was enjoying its stock rising almost 2% from that cloud growth after Wednesday’s close of market as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fielded questions from analysts wondering why his company wouldn’t do the same.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • The report noted that seven Miami-Dade building officials did not submit information to the state, and analysts said Aventura did not respond to questions about whether any buildings had been vacated.
    — David Smiley, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of questions
Noun
  • Their demonstrations against malpractice and mismanagement in national college-level qualifying examinations ultimately led to the resignation of the union education minister and sparked hopes of wider reforms in education.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The legislation now before Parliament amends a law passed in that same period, intended to deter organized malpractice and protect the credibility of public examinations.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of examinations
Noun
  • Headline figures such as tasks completed, queries handled or hours saved can look impressive while concealing errors, rework, poor customer outcomes and escalating operating expenses.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • In these cases, the system can automatically switch to an on-device model to process basic queries.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Definition of queries
Noun
  • Adler said studies show that when one partner strangles another, the likelihood of a victim being killed by that partner goes up 750%.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 July 2026
  • Recent clinical studies involving pig kidneys have demonstrated that such organs can function inside human recipients, marking a major milestone for xenotransplantation.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
Definition of studies
Noun
  • Independent research from Princeton and the University of Chicago found that models that had improved on standard bias benchmarks, including GPT-4, still showed stereotype associations on implicit probes modeled on the Implicit Association Test.
    — Prashanth Harshangi, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Carried out under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, the probes were announced in March and completed in early June.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
Definition of probes

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