cross-examination

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Recent Examples of cross-examination On cross-examination, Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur drilled down on Wier Vaught’s history as a top Madigan aide, asking whether she was often seen on the House floor. Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025 During a roughly 10-minute cross-examination of Lynch, Campbell emphasized the limitations of the professor’s study, noting that the questions posed to the survey respondents are different than what a real-life jury would be told. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025 Trump demanded he be given a new trial over allegations that the jury heard improper testimony and Trump was wrongly precluded from asking Carroll certain questions during cross-examination. Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024 Day 3 The jury heard more testimony read back from the cross-examination of Harris. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cross-examination 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-examination
Noun
  • Similar challenges explain why the Nashville Zoo doesn't have polar bears or elephants, which are difficult to keep safe and happy in captivity.
    Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Biomedical research Developing diagnostic tools and countermeasures for the unique health challenges of deep spaceflight.
    Anastasia Stepanova, Space.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The survey found that common complaints include reclining seats abruptly, talking loudly and ignoring crew instructions.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The Democratic Party is the most unpopular it's been in polling that dates back to 2008, according to a new survey from Quinnipiac University.
    Erin Doherty, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know Approximately 4,000 agents, analysts and other employees across the FBI received questionnaires on Sunday, with a Monday deadline for completion, according to The Associated Press, citing an anonymous source with access to internal communications at the agency.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Some 4,000 agents, analysts and other employees are believed to have been sent the questionnaires, said the person, who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal communications.
    Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But a panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal in July overturned that ruling, and the full appeals court later declined a request for a rehearing.
    Jim Saunders, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In response to a request for a rehearing en banc, the court requested that the government file a response by noon on December 31, 2024.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Except, Zhu doesn’t do anything all that interesting with this interrogation, other than briefly hinting at and abandoning it.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Her legal team specifically cited a ruling from the same year by the European Court of Human Rights, which concluded Knox’s rights to a lawyer and an interpreter were violated during her initial interrogations with Italian authorities.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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    Fox News, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Here’s the latest installment of the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz — this time with excerpts and utterances from the week spanning Jan. 19-25.
    Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Both sets of lawyers were circumspect outside following this morning’s hearing.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Additional pre-trial hearings will occur in the coming months.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Frederiksen may take some heart from a recent poll showing that 85 percent of their countrymen do not want Greenland to be incorporated into the United States.
    Adam Price, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Many Americans are rooting for the Eagles this Super Bowl, per a new poll from Emerson College.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025

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