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enquiry

[en-kwahyuhr-ee, en-kwuh-ree] / ɛnˈkwaɪər i, ˈɛn kwə ri /


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The Additional Chief Secretary, G. Anupama, said in a text message, "Enquiry is underway" and directed Reuters to the health minister for Haryana state, Anil Vij, for further details.

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2023

"The Special Enquiry Team has conducted the assessment process which has included contacting those believed to hold relevant information," the statement shared.

From Fox News • Feb. 16, 2022

Colloquially known as the “black boxes,” these two crucial data repositories will be examined by France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety, or BEA.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2019

Along with devising an eponymous wind-force scale in 1805, Beaufort was a prime mover behind the Admiralty’s Manual of Scientific Enquiry, first appearing in 1849.

From Nature • Dec. 18, 2018

David Hume, in his 1748 book, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, wrote, “There appear to be only three principles of connections among ideas, namely Resemblance, Contiguity in time or place, and Cause or Effect.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker



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