INQUIRING (OF) Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

inquiring (of)

verb

present participle of inquire (of)

as in asking

to put a question or questions to casually inquired of the neighbors the identity of the house's previous owner

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Leo July 23 – August 22 Your world may be asking you to stretch.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
The opportunities are in docs for now, but Sloss told Deadline that members are already asking about potential investment in non-doc projects.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of asking

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And Hill sent board members a 14-page memorandum with more than 200 pages of exhibits, alleging the board had tried to extort her and questioning ties between board members and CMS contractors.

— Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
But Rubin’s song selection and line of questioning never toss the artist a curious misfire or label fiasco to unpack.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of questioning

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The second part, though, is that AI provides opportunities for CEOs to have a virtual board of directors, a new person on the team, and a way of interrogating their own thinking which may reduce the loneliness of being a CEO.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Brittin has spent his early months in the job interrogating whether the broadcaster’s output is properly meeting audience needs and is said to be clear-eyed about shifting resources away from services that are dwindling in influence.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

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