sues

verb

present tense third-person singular of sue
1
as in asks

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as in prosecutes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sues
  1. asks
  2. prosecutes
  3. invokes
  4. tries
  5. requests
  6. cites
  7. desires
  8. implicates
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  • Videos posted on Facebook and X show the street preachers speaking with police officers when one of the preachers asks if someone can be cited for misgendering a transgender person.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • Placing a special focus on R&B and new music discovery, Grice often weaves games into his variety show; a particularly viral bit asks guests to sing in a game of word association.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of asks
Verb
  • Florida prosecutes children as adults for serious crimes and sends juvenile offenders to adult prisons at higher rates than any other state.
    — Jay Blitzman, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
  • Palm Beach County also has a state attorney who prosecutes cases for the entire county, including the Town of Palm Beach.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Definition of prosecutes
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  • Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
  • Such a secret justification invokes for some former government lawyers a different series of memos written after 9/11.
    — Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of invokes
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  • As Jonas tries to get work done upstairs, he is repeatedly disturbed by his mother, who is obnoxiously kvelling about his scientific breakthroughs to a neighbor in the yard.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
  • Every four years, FIFA tries to replicate that magic at the World Cup – not for one club team, but for every country that qualifies.
    — Jack Cosbie, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026
Definition of tries
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  • The board’s letter, addressed to Mayor Scott Wehrli and the Naperville City Council, requests that library officials remain updated on any decisions and discussions surrounding the project.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
  • The petition also requests that the court authorize her mother to administer the estate under California’s Independent Administration of Estates Act and approve a $400,000 bond.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Definition of requests
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  • MedStar Washington Hospital Center cites financial pressure and declining birth rates.
    — Kendall Staton, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
  • Testosterone therapy is the only treatment Hegseth cites in the announcement video.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Definition of cites
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  • The portrait of Musk that emerges here is that of a childish, terminally online man who desires to eliminate the messiness of contemporary life for a more rigid order.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • In Cancer, Venus desires emotional safety, loyalty and genuine intimacy.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
Definition of desires
Verb
  • There is no evidence that implicates them in any way.
    — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Now, because of his imprudent and inaccurate sloganeering, even with a majority of his appointees sitting on the board, the mayor faces the prospect of a legal and political fiasco that implicates the honesty of his most prominent promise to his constituents.
    — Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of implicates
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