CROSS-EXAMINATION Synonyms: 42 Similar Words

cross-examination

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as in grilling

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Recent Examples of cross-examination During cross-examination, attorney Kevin Reddington had Maffeo confirm that there was blood on Clancy's clothes and all over her bedroom. — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 31 July 2026 During cross-examination, Burke’s defense attorney questioned whether the autopsy alone could determine who inflicted the fatal wounds. — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 Patrick Clancy discussed numerous medications his ex-wife Lindsay Clancy was prescribed during h is cross-examination Wednesday afternoon. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 29 July 2026 During cross-examination, defense lawyer Blair Berk asked him to confirm a text Rivas sent Burke on April 22, 2025, the day before prosecutors say she was killed. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cross-examination

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Noun

Gloves combine heavy-duty heat resistance with a flexible, comfortable fit for grilling, smoking, cooking and handling hot equipment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
But, shortly after Greenspan retired in 2006, the great financial crisis of 2007-08 destroyed his reputation, and Democratic senators hauled him up to Capitol Hill for a grilling.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of grilling

Noun

No startup closes a serious enterprise contract without one; no vendor-security questionnaire omits it.

— Amir Tarighat, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
This is the climb up the mountain; there are more than 100 questions, all with a spectrum of answers, almost like a focus group questionnaire.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 29 July 2026

Definition of questionnaire

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The president called for the reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered under the Biden administration.

— Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
At first, the news of the Bondi Beach reinvestigation seemed to give Steve and Noone common cause.

— Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

Definition of reinvestigation

Noun

As surveillance and interrogation deepen, the line between loyalty and obsession blurs, leading both men into a dangerous and uncontrollable connection.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Barrow County Sheriff's Office Investigator Jason Smith returned to the stand briefly on July 27 and testified that investigators directed Gray to write apology letters to family members of his victims as part of their interrogation.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of interrogation

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