cross-question

Definition of cross-questionnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-question
Verb
  • Researchers analyzed data from 50 studies involving more than 3 million people to examine how these foods — made using beneficial microbes like bacteria or yeast — are linked to overall mortality risk, as well as deaths from heart disease and cancer.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • After examining his right hip, doctors found that a cam lesion on the head of Brossoit’s femur was causing the problem.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 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
  • Congressional offices were bombarded with phone calls and emails this week, largely from people alarmed by the president’s rhetoric.
    Stephen Groves, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The talks come as Israel has heavily bombarded Lebanon, including its capital of Beirut, in a deadly military assault.
    Jennifer Hansler, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • While on the stand, Texas Ranger Job Espinoza, the lead investigator who was with Horner when Athena's body was located and interrogated him after his arrest, testified that Horner had told him Athena’s underwear was still on her body, according to FOX 4.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Geiser said the organization was made aware of reports that federal authorities interrogated Wang before his death.
    Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Early on, the Biden team had been besieged with desperate pleas to ship more of the then scarce vaccine.
    David Blumenthal, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
  • When news circulated about the gathering, Temple Emanu-El was besieged with inquiries from the local media.
    Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Aries March 21 – April 19 Your work — professional or personal — may ask a little more of you today.
    Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Namira’s mother often asks her children to copy-edit her e-mails.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Cross-question.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-question. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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