as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
casually inquired of the neighbors the identity of the house's previous owner
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquire (of)
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Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the authorities.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025 -
In psychiatric evaluations, asking about self-hatred is not standard.—
Matt Villano,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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In 2014, when the Universal parks broadened their focus to families with young children — Disney turf — Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, questioned whether Comcast was serious about the theme park business.—
Brooks Barnes,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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But Trump had started questioning the cost of the contract in December 2016, after his election but before his inauguration.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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Encourage employees to interrogate every response from Gen AI and refrain from leaning solely on AI for client-facing work, where possible.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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But De La Vega said that in some cases, ICE has targeted a person of interest, but will stay to interrogate the family members or friends in the same vicinity.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Inquire (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquire%20%28of%29. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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