cross-examines

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

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Verb
  • Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change makers wielding the technology for good and ill.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In the final hours of President Biden's term, a Polymarket trader made around $300,000 correctly betting on Biden's last-minute pardons, according to new data provided to NPR by an analytics firm that examines cryptocurrency transactions.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The two armies remain locked in battle on the roughly 750-mile front line, while Russia bombards civilian areas of Ukraine daily.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The two armies remain locked in battle on the roughly 750-mile front line, while Russia bombards civilian areas of Ukraine daily.
    Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Hitchcock's greatest film is a perfect thriller that interrogates our obsession with observing the lives of others.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
  • June interrogates him about Frankenstein and mentions the creature being forced to do another’s bidding.
    Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Luna asks what the customer is purchasing and creates a corresponding transaction on a nearby iPad equipped with a card payment system.
    David Ingram, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Tickets are not required to pick daffodils at Shickasheen, but the farm asks that visitors bring their own scissors or pruners.
    Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Cross-examines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-examines. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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