cross-question

Definition of cross-questionnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-question
Verb
  • Point guard Jalen Brunson has returned to sitting on the Knicks' bench since his knee was examined in the team's locker room.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 June 2026
  • The cost of silence First, the researchers examined direct defenses—the chemical and physical changes the plant undergoes to make its leaves less palatable for caterpillars and thus hamper their growth.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • On Friday morning, Riverside attorneys will cross-examine Powell.
    Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The hearing gives Robinson's defense team a chance to cross-examine those witnesses, and the proceeding could reveal previously undisclosed evidence in the case.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • We are so externally bombarded by information, sound and news.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
  • Anyone streaming or watching television in California over the last few months has been bombarded with political ads.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • Build a culture of intellectual accountability in which employees are expected to interrogate AI output rather than relay it.
    Chris Rosenberg, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • On May 13, investigators with Dallas police traveled to Beeville, Texas, where Holloway is incarcerated, to get a DNA sample and interrogate him.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • Bay Area content creator Kane Parsons pushes back on conventional storytelling, and his hypnotic approach results in one of 2026’s most exhilarating debuts, a existential head trip that GoPros us into a human subconscious besieged by misshapen memories that trap and hold you hostage.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Over the years, we were constantly besieged with inquiries.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • Researchers asked where knives were kept, how to light matches, what kinks are.
    Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • This source of damage is easily avoided by purchasing manure and hay from a reputable source and asking if the source material was treated with aminopyralid.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
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“Cross-question.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-question. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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