as in inquiry
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
officials launched an extensive investigation of the plane crash
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Noun
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My firm offers a mobile legal helpline staffed by pro bono attorneys who can take client inquiries regardless of where they are physically located.—
Jeffrey D. Harvey,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2025 -
In the end, the committee will determine whether to initiate a cancer inquiry investigation.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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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
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That hasn’t, however, extended to a deep examination of last season’s Super Bowl LIX loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2025
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This skepticism has its own science-fiction tradition, in which space exploration follows the patterns of exploitation visible already on Earth.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
21 June 2025
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Musk's space exploration company is working for Starship to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to earth for additional missions.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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The study area covers the high seas of the whole Atlantic Ocean, from 65 degrees South latitude to 65 degrees North latitude and from 90 West longitude to 25 East longitude.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Both are also Black art forms that require incredible discipline and a lifetime of study but which, when performed at their highest levels, encourage a freedom of expression that can take the audience into an ecstatic state.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The evidence revealed on Wednesday can still be used in the coup probe.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
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The Scene Jan Jenisch became CEO of LafargeHolcim in 2017, after the world’s largest cement company had been shaken by an internal probe of its Syria operations and culture clashes stemming from the €41bn Franco-Swiss merger that created it.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
20 June 2025
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Hearing loss may account for up to one-third of dementia cases, new research found.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
27 June 2025
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Since the mess that went down at Jurassic Park years earlier, Alan Grant has been struggling with his Velociraptor research.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
27 June 2025
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“Investigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigation. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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