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
Verb
  • The lawsuit names three senior officials and five officers and asks whether video or audio from the birth was ever saved or viewed.
    — Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Still, when an account suddenly asks you to spend money or connect something valuable, a few extra checks can save you from a painful mistake.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of asks
Verb
  • For criminal charges to be filed, the case must be referred by police to the district attorney’s office, which prosecutes felonies, or the city attorney, which handles most misdemeanors.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The government continues to fiercely prosecutes its critics, barring Cubans who antagonize the communist regime from the pool of potential investors.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of prosecutes
Verb
  • In 18th century Morelia, a mestizo woman, the lady of an estate, invokes an ancestral deity in search for a for her husband’s syphilis, passed on to her.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Here, the line invokes the possible; the spoken decision not to tell acts as any secret—to whet the listener’s own desire to know.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of invokes
Verb
  • But none of that martial-arts mayhem is as compelling as the battle being waged behind the scenes as director Kitao Sakurai tries to insert his irreverent, ironic approach into a property resistant to that kind of impish goofing around.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In the Strait of Hormuz, at least nine tankers and cargo ships have come under attack since Sunday as Iran tries to choke off oil exports through the waterway.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of tries
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  • The complaint additionally requests that minors whose data has been collected by OpenAI should be financially compensated in return.
    — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Seung-woon requests Pi-o and Jeong-yo visit his hospital bedside.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of requests
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  • To support that conclusion, Gates cites a demand in Washburn’s petition to CWP that would prohibit the council from doing any outreach that promotes the role of hunting in wildlife management fully six months before an election.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Officer Key cites the duo's relationships with nonprofit organizations as a plus when an older adult needs help.
    — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of cites
Verb
  • Jaissle desires an on-field lieutenant in midfield who can provide a calm head and help guide and nurture the younger players around him.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Concerns should be raised honestly, and employees should cooperate in good faith, remembering that the new manager was hired for their experience and knowledge that the organization desires.
    — Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of desires
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  • Homicide detective Sofia Karppi returns to work after the death of her husband and is immediately thrown into the middle of a perplexing murder case that implicates a massive clean energy company.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike that movie, Naza implicates both the left and the right.
    — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of implicates
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“Sues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sues. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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