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Recent Examples of inquiry The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal recently reported the Cubs have already made inquiries about Miami Marlins pitchers Edward Cabrera and Sandy Alcántara ahead of the trade deadline. Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025 The inquiry adds another dimension to Starship’s development. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 June 2025 Comer is seeking interviews with all of them. Democrats have dismissed the inquiry into Biden's mental state as a partisan exercise that distracts from other pressing issues. CBS News, 26 June 2025 Fox News Digital asked why the page no longer exists, but Willkie Farr & Gallagher did not respond to the inquiry. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for inquiry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquiry
Noun
  • Florida Emergency Management and ICE did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
  • Only if the request meets the criteria above is anonymity granted.
    Meghan Ashford-Grooms, NPR, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Italian law dictates that citizens over 80 must renew their license every two years and complete a medical examination that tests mental acuity.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 June 2025
  • An extensive review of commercial reports and academic papers providing measures of the size of the sports industry, coupled with an examination of how other industries were sized, provided a number of helpful ideas for building a model that captured the broad expanse of the global sports industry.
    Dennis Howard, Sportico.com, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Mike Brown has become a legitimate candidate for the job and has had a second interview with the team, but there are still a lot of questions left to be answered.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • The White House did not respond to questions about why the climate report website was taken down, or whether the administration plans to create the next edition of the climate assessment as Congress mandates.
    Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Billions would go for the Artemis moon mission and for exploration to Mars.
    Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • At the end of the war, a wave of mineral exploration arose across the world to meet the needs of rapidly expanding economies.
    Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Unlike chatbots that respond to individual queries, Manus maintains context across hour-long work sessions and adapts requirements mid-task.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • In May, the chatbot randomly brought up claims of a white genocide in South Africa in responses to completely unrelated queries.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Fox News Digital reached out to the study authors for comment.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
  • According to one 2019 study published in the journal Sleep, moms and dads can expect to experience some form of sleep deprivation for the first six years of their child's life.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The probe, led by the HHS Office for Civil Rights, concluded that the university's response to antisemitic incidents constituted both neglect and active complicity, violating statutory protections against discrimination based on race, color, or national origin.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • The probes came after Rollins violated the Hatch Act by attending a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Andover that was headlined by former First Lady Jill Biden.
    Boston Herald staff, Boston Herald, 26 June 2025

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“Inquiry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquiry. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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