leading question
noun
: a question asked in a way that is intended to produce a desired answer
asking witnesses leading questions.
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Photo of upside-down flag at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's house raises concerns: Report
In one exchange, Windsor poses a leading question to Alito, suggesting that there can be no compromise between the right and the left.
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Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 11 June 2024
Three years later, here for gigs with his jazz band, Allen answered a Times reporter’s leading question that maybe L.A.’s not such a bad place after all?
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
That's a strong leading question.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2023
Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 11 June 2024
Three years later, here for gigs with his jazz band, Allen answered a Times reporter’s leading question that maybe L.A.’s not such a bad place after all?
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
That's a strong leading question.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2023
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“Leading question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20question. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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