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verb

as in to survey
to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information a reporter at the scene interviewing witnesses to the explosion

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Recent Examples of interview
Noun
Each interview with a player, every interaction with a member of the Dallas media ended essentially the same way. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 2 May 2026 In an interview with Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Dodgers’ veteran infielder revealed that maybe – just maybe – this won’t be his final season after all. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
Verb
For Velta, Proska interviewed her about her childhood in Latvia, took a section of the transcription and had a graphic artist at Masonicare incorporate it into an artistic background. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026 The Regina Hicks murder case remained unsolved for decades until a cold case team from the Ohio Attorney General's Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation took over and began re-interviewing key witnesses. Mason Leath, ABC News, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for interview
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interview
Noun
  • Watch all of the day’s events here, including Abel’s first question-and-answer session with insurance chief Ajit Jain, and a panel with the heads of Berkshire’s other businesses.
    Yun Li,Alex Harring,Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 May 2026
  • Schools have not been in session since the fighting in January and in the courtyard a group of children are hanging around.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 2 May 2026
Verb
  • Many of us have dreamed of stepping into Carrie Bradshaw’s walk-in closet and surveying a sea of Manolo Blahnik shoe boxes.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
  • That’s well below the 214,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted the meeting, which was also attended by Vice President JD Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Since 2022, the Irish have stationed a permanent police liaison officer in the Emirates, and have regularly flown senior police officers and political figures to the Emirates for meetings.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In the process, however, one of the big distinguishing aspects of TV – the large audiences who once assembled to watch dramas, sitcoms and reality shows – has eroded.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Applause during a joint session is usually an awkward and partisan art; at the recent State of the Union, Vance and Johnson stood like professional opera clappers behind the President as Democrats in the audience shook their heads.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • For Pau, the idea to turn to historical footage came from a workshop held by German media artist Hartmut Jahn at the Goethe-Institut Hongkong in late 1989.
    Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
  • The county will hold a series of public workshops and hearings on the budget throughout May and June before the Board of Supervisors approves a final budget in June.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Keep the conversation moving, and let flexibility strengthen your position and perspective while maintaining your sense of balance and fairness.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • As the intuitive Scorpio Moon harmonizes with expansive Jupiter this morning, kindness and perspective flow naturally, helping conversations feel more open and supportive.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Attendance at this year’s show is up about 5% from last year, according to Cinema United, the trade group that organizes the four-day convocation of thousands of movie theater owners, studio executives and industry folks at Caesars Palace.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • On March 5, Washington Square News editor Leena Ahmed broke the story that NYU has canceled all live student graduation speakers for all of its upcoming commencement and convocation ceremonies this spring.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Interview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interview. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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