cross-questioning

present participle of cross-question

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-questioning
Verb
  • For those feeling especially upset over this video, Anderson recommends examining those feelings and channeling them in healthy, productive ways.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • To find an exoplanet, the most successful methods have leveraged examining the light from a star that might house them.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Israel — which has been bombarding the city for days — said 100,000 people had already left, that refugee facilities were being prepared, and that the assault would finally break Hamas.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Games are fast-paced, with nonstop activity bombarding the senses and showmanship emphasized as much as — or more than — athleticism.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Travelers can expect to sail past incredible vistas of fjords and towering glaciers, or get their hearts pumping with a requisite polar plunge, diving into the icy waters for the ultimate rush.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In one of the images, Culpo appeared to be pumping milk while getting her hair done.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While occasional jealousy is natural, constant suspicion, interrogating whereabouts or pressuring the other person for explanations signals deeper trust issues.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But the documentary jumps quickly between these stories without interrogating any of them in close detail.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Israel tried to take over Gaza City before in this war, besieging it and launching raids in its streets, but tens of thousands of people remained.
    Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And while politicians know that there are costs to besieging an independent central bank – financial markets may react negatively or inflation may flare up – short-term control of a powerful policy tool can prove irresistible.
    Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The study — NewsGuard tested 10 leading AI models, quizzing each of them about 10 narratives spreading online linked to current events that the company had determined to be false.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Think of the senators quizzing Mark Zuckerberg on what Facebook is.
    Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2018
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“Cross-questioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-questioning. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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