CROSS-QUESTION Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cross-question

verb

Definition of cross-question

as in to examine

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Schrell examined whether annual production campaigns would be more effective, but concluded that the approach would not make economic or operational sense because of costs, limited hot-cell capacity and the isotope’s relatively short half-life.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Young Washington stars William Franklyn-Miller as Washington, which examines how a single misstep thrusts the future first president into the middle of a global conflict.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of examine

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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

Definition of cross-examine

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Leaders are often bombarded with a constant stream of stress—from economic uncertainty and workplace pressure to information overload from TV or social media—which can leave them trapped in a cycle of anxiety and self-doubt.

— Simone Lundquist, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The shop was quickly bombarded on Google with one-star reviews with people describing the shop and its inventory as terrible, stupid, shameful, awful and a disgrace.

— Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of bombard

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To interrogate Fauci now, for absolutely no coherent reason and completely without sense, is shameful and disgusting.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Recognizing those forces in the world isn’t the same thing as interrogating them, and as a seasoned artist with real power in Hollywood, Gluck repeatedly mistakes implication for insight.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of interrogate

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But the film does not explain what ‘hospitality’ has to do with a narrative situation in which the Greeks have been besieging Troy for 10 years already [which Nolan’s movie does not depict]; the Trojans are not their hosts but their enemies in war.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
And yet, besieged by the same afflictions of greed, self-interest and a comical inability to work together, horse racing is doing its damndest to similarly mess up its very good thing.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

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