CROSS-EXAMINED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cross-examined

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past tense of cross-examine

as in examined

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That’s according to an analysis released by the Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), a progressive advocacy group, which examined Federal Election Commission data through March 1.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 27 July 2026
The effectiveness of conducting screening interviews via AI rather than a person is still being examined and preparing for these requires learning a new skill.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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The party is now getting bombarded by GOP attack ads accusing its members of perpetuating insider trading.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Nick Jackson went back to selling a concussion on the outside as a conflicted Will Ospreay bombarded Nick Jackson with strikes.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

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As for coming to America in 2026, who would shoulder the exorbitant costs and the travel challenges, let alone the risk of being pulled out of a line at the Atlanta airport, interrogated, and sent back home for joking about penalty shoot-outs?

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
The brothers’ previous films included 2021’s Camp Confidential, about European Jews who found asylum in America after fleeing Nazi Europe, enlisted in the Army, and interrogated Nazi war criminals at a secret camp.

— Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

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The species is now endangered, extinct on the Australian mainland for three thousand years and besieged on the island that is its last refuge.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The sidebar will open with Netflix’s Below, from creator Jesse McKeown, a six-part supernatural thriller that centers on a seaside town Newfoundland besieged by a sea creature and stars Mackenzie Davis, Charlie Heaton and Josh Hartnett.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

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