cross-examines

Definition of cross-examinesnext
present tense third-person singular of cross-examine

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Verb
  • The document is above; a full Associated Press report examines the changes and includes reaction from experts.
    Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Le Guin examines unchecked power, eugenics, and the ethics of governance in this inventive and consistently surprising novel, which explores the limits of trying to manifest a better world.
    Erin Somers, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Social media bombards our minds with images that trigger envy and self-doubt, keeping our nervous systems in a chronic state of stress.
    Dr. Daniel Amen, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
  • So examples of cognitive skills or processes include your ability remember stuff, learn new skills and information, pay attention to other people and your surroundings, speak and listen and process everything that bombards you each and every day.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While on a date, Tess inadvertently stumbles into one of Alex’s sets — which spikily interrogates why their romance fell apart.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
  • There has been much discussion about whether the genre glamorizes or interrogates female pain, or a little of both, or whether books by and about women with feelings that are important enough to be written about needs a label at all.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • In an exclusive clip from their conversation below, which was shared with PEOPLE before the interview airs, Lara asks Hines how those close to her responded when Kennedy fully embraced MAGA.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • According to court documents, the Marathon County Sheriff's Office notifies ICE of every person booked into the jail who was not born in the United States, and asks if the agency wants a detainer.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Cross-examines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-examines. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.

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