cross-question

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-question
Verb
  • Some of the sites that CNN examined have less obvious visual clues tying them to missile production.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The researchers focused on lithium aluminum alloys and examined how lithium ions navigate two internal phases, known as the lithium-rich beta phase and the lithium-poor alpha phase.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • His expected preliminary hearing, in which the defense would challenge the evidence used to arrest him and cross-examine the state's witnesses, has been postponed until January at the earliest.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The judge, clearly outraged, issued a sanction allowing my lawyer to cross-examine the witnesses about their favorable opinions — but otherwise faced no consequences.
    Micah Kimball, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cofounder Jimmy Wales explains how introducing a simple purpose, insisting on certain rules of engagement, and other strategies helped the organization to build trust with contributors and users — and maintain it even in a world bombarded by misinformation.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Portland played like a team that had spent much of the past 48 hours bombarded by questions and scrutiny after their coach had appeared in front of a federal judge.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the police station, Tip Hunter interrogated Williams and Thomas Davis for hours about NAACP activity before releasing Thomas Davis, who left town.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Violent images of prisoners being interrogated at Abu Ghraib prison complex eventually came out, damaging the United States’ standing on the world stage and sparking a Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA’s interrogation program.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The San Francisco 49ers continue to be besieged by significant injuries for the second season in a row.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Earth itself is suddenly besieged by an alien invasion.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There was no picture of Krasznahorkai anywhere and somebody came up to him and asked why?
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Hall, a first-term Republican from Rudy, has asked a judge to seal filings in the case.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Cross-question.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-question. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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