as in investigation
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
there's no need to conduct an inquisition about so trivial a matter
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Recent Examples of inquisition
While debate swells over this intense and divisive issue of Palestine and Israel and people demonstrate, Foxx continues this misguided inquisition.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 May 2024
There are no signs that the Republicans learned a thing from their 3½ -hour inquisition.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
What are all the rhymes that could possibly have to do with a crime or inquisition?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2024
It was put on hold this summer in the wake of a lawsuit that accused the U.S. government of improperly pressuring tech companies about how to moderate their sites and an aggressive inquisition from the House Judiciary Committee and its chair, Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 May 2024
There are no signs that the Republicans learned a thing from their 3½ -hour inquisition.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
What are all the rhymes that could possibly have to do with a crime or inquisition?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2024
It was put on hold this summer in the wake of a lawsuit that accused the U.S. government of improperly pressuring tech companies about how to moderate their sites and an aggressive inquisition from the House Judiciary Committee and its chair, Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inquisition
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The government had completed or started work on 28 recommendations from the inquiry, the prime minister said, and will provide its full response early next year.Reuters, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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After months of bluster, the inquiry later fizzles.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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The guidelines say nothing about an ER doctor’s examination sufficing.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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Bipartisan examination: If there's an issue with the way the ballot was filled out, prompting a process called adjudication, in which bipartisan teams examine ballots to determine voter intent.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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The company continues to focus on its oil and gas exploration and production activities in the DJ Basin of Colorado.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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What might be newer is a deeper exploration into wellness, as de Taillac revealed she’s been eyeing that arena and the possibility of adding treatments in the Buly offering for a while.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Those moves were then reversed by the Trump administration but later reinstated by the Biden administration, which also released an accompanying U.S. Forest Service study that said hard-rock mining within the Rainy River Watershed could pose an environmental threat to the BWCAW.Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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Rabinovich, a distinguished Israeli historian of the modern Middle… The War for Lebanon, 1970-1983 This is partly a history of Lebanon's breakdown and civil war, partly a study of why and how Israel went to war in 1982.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Yet much about Jupiter remains a mystery, even as NASA’s robotic probe Juno begins its ninth year orbiting this strange planet.Benjamin Roulston, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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The regulator began the probe into Ford Bronco vehicles equipped with 2.7L EcoBoost engines in July 2022.James Powel, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Inquisition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inquisition. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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