CROSS-EXAMINES Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cross-examines

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present tense third-person singular of cross-examine

as in examines

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The Associated Press’ reporting on the return to analog experiences examines how people across generations are finding comfort and connection through tangible activities and older technologies.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Available as a Chrome or Microsoft Edge extension, Caveat examines responses and surfaces an overall assessment, key findings, important caveats, and points worth verifying.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

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Someone bombards you with a stack of un-asked for pages at a coffee date?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Kyiv urgently needs more interceptors before winter, when Russia routinely bombards its power grid, but the demands of the Iran war and slow output of the sophisticated interceptors have left Ukraine short and vulnerable.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

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The movie’s take on Holmes directly interrogates the person to try to uncover the facts.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2026
Wright also interrogates the boundary between severe mental illness and evil, and wonders whether, even in extreme cases, redemption might be possible.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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Unlike an ordinary instruction that explicitly asks a robot to perform a harmful action, the trigger appeared as two seemingly unrelated letters attached to an otherwise normal request.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
The ruling is on hold pending an appeal, and Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said the program would continue uninterrupted as the state asks the Ohio Supreme Court to review the case.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

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