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as in to interrogate
to put a question or questions to
my coworkers asked me all about my trip to Machu Picchu
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as in to request
to make a request of
ask the salesclerk for assistance
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Recent Examples of ask
That move set off a heated week between the prosecutors in the case and the Department of Justice — with several Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office lawyers resigning from their posts after being asked to put their weight behind a formal request to dismiss the case.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Jason Kelce, the former Eagles center turned ESPN analyst, asked how Travis made his decision to return to KC.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2025
School board member Roberto Alonso also spoke at the February meeting and aligned himself with Gallon, asking the school district to provide a memo related to how BusPatrol revenue is being spent.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the authorities.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
Jason Kelce, the former Eagles center turned ESPN analyst, asked how Travis made his decision to return to KC.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2025
School board member Roberto Alonso also spoke at the February meeting and aligned himself with Gallon, asking the school district to provide a memo related to how BusPatrol revenue is being spent.
—Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the authorities.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ask
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The Star-Telegram reported in January 1912 that immigration agent I. B. Lewis and police spent a Saturday interrogating north side immigrants.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Mar. 2025
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In the past two weeks, in town halls across the country, crowds have interrogated and booed Republican lawmakers for Trump and Musk’s budget cuts and the havoc that has come with them.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Then in September 2024, Ramsey was scrolling through Reddit and saw a post where someone had requested people be removed from a photo using Photoshop.—
Daniella Gray,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Thursday’s filing stated that neither Lawless nor Jameson were pregnant, there was no community debt to divide and no spousal support was requested.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Now Tennessee has staked a claim to the first No. 1 seed in program history with a stirring comeback, charging back from a nine-point deficit in the final 10 minutes.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
2 Mar. 2025
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Cockrell, then 24, ran a scouting business where she was charged with finding local artists and connecting them with producers.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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When Parker invited his South Park partner Matt Stone to be his date, Stone initially wanted to wear a dress and pose as a fictitious European model.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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The South Korean government invited William Ellsworth, a Stanford geophysicist, to study the Pohang quake and whether a nearby geothermal facility had caused it.—
Brent Crane,
The New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2025
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The daughter was taken into police custody and is being questioned.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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To Begin Developing This Trait: Encourage your teams to question and validate their assumptions while remaining receptive to unexpected insights that emerge from their analysis.—
Ben Jones,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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For example, would your boss really demand a transfer over a video call without any prior notice?—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Through much of his life, the violinist has tended to have non-musical friends — despite his demanding regimen of rehearsals, practicing and recitals.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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To maximize finding the correct fit for bras, the authors also suggested providing detailed fit guides, virtual try-on tools or quizzes with custom questions.—
Alexandra Pastore,
WWD,
24 Feb. 2025
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While this week’s ECB rate move is near guaranteed, several key questions remain that its president, Christine Lagarde, will likely be quizzed on during her post-announcement press conference — and many of those relate to the U.S. and its new leader.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Ask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ask. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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