CROSS-EXAMINED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cross-examined

verb

past tense of cross-examine

as in examined

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The model examined the website, found a vulnerable script and used it to complete the calculation.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The report examined two scenarios involving a relatively smooth transition.

— Sheena Rossiter, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

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Ohioans are getting bombarded with Republican ads on tax cuts, but the message is falling flat with many voters who feel the weight of higher prices.

— Jarrell Dillard, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
Throughout the war, Russia has repeatedly bombarded Ukraine’s Black Sea and Danube river ports, leaving Kyiv increasingly reliant on alternative routes to get its grain exports to markets in Africa and the Middle East.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

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She was interrogated and warned that a second offense meant prison.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Intelligence officers transported him to a camp controlled by Colombia’s FARC guerrilla organization, where he was interrogated and tortured over approximately two days, according to the charges.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

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Mehra – director of 2016 pic Baar Baar Dekho and creator of Prime Video series Big Girls Don’t Cry – says that while Indian audiences are besieged by films and TV content right now, where Hunkkaar has cut through is in its subject matter.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Its largest medical center, Al-Shifa Hospital, was besieged, bombed, and raided, under false pretexts, resulting in hundreds of deaths inside.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

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