cross-questioned

verb

Definition of cross-questionednext
past tense of cross-question
as in examined

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  1. examined
  2. bombarded
  3. interrogated
  4. besieged
  5. asked
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  • Published Thursday in Science, the research from Schultz and colleagues examined genetic data from 276 species of ants and 475 fungi species to create evolutionary trees of both groups.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
  • For years, ProPublica has examined the deaths of pregnant women and new mothers to uncover problems that can prevent other deaths.
    Alexandra Zayas, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of examined
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  • Fans bombarded the request lines of the music video countdown program Dial MTV.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Like many voters, he has been bombarded with advertisements, including through the mail.
    Sarah Atwood, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of bombarded
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  • Viewers saw him being interrogated by the police about his father-in-law’s death.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • After receiving the tip, police launched an immediate investigation and encountered the parents of the children at a hotel in nearby Newton County, where the couple was interrogated, Wallace tells PEOPLE.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of interrogated
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  • More to Read Southern California is suddenly besieged by fire.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • These stories and traumas are hard to overstate for Israelis, many of whom feel besieged by hostile actors willing their eradication.
    Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of besieged
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  • Wes Anderson, a Microsoft vice president who oversaw teams working with the Defense Department, asked his staff to prepare forecasts showing which customers were expected to become paying G5 users at the end of the White House Offer, three people who worked in sales told ProPublica.
    Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Prosecutors asked Seeborg for a nine-year prison term.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of asked
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