cross-questioning

present participle of cross-question

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-questioning
Verb
  • During the quantum program, Dash worked with Flores and another member of the cohort to develop a project examining how quantum computing could be used to detect the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
  • Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Start by examining the leaves.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
Verb
  • In that essay, Troemel argued that artists were bombarding the internet with their work, and that this constant posting represented an essential shift.
    Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026
  • Hadley learned that Vintilla had been working as a restaurant hostess in London when Andrew connected with her on Instagram and began bombarding her with flattery.
    Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • If successful, QuantumCT would be eligible to receive roughly $160 million over a decade, pumping considerable federal cash into the state’s effort to build out its quantum economy.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026
  • Martín Pérez was on the mound for the home team, a soft-tossing veteran lefty who was pumping in 89-mph sinkers.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • Investigators sat across from nearly every young child at Skyline – many of whose nascent, swinging legs could not yet reach the ground from their chairs – interrogating them over their missing classmate.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • New York police executing a search warrant raided an LGBTQ+ bar called the Stonewall Inn, and some of the patrons resisted as officers continued interrogating them and bar employees.
    USA Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026
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 Tennessee Titans went back to the streets quizzing random people in their schedule reveal in a twist to the team’s 2023 schedule reveal.
    Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
  • The talk was impassioned and wide-ranging, with Wood, a longtime del Toro interlocutor, quizzing the filmmaker on everything from his childhood in Guadalajara, Mexico, to his passion for design and scrapbooking.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 May 2026
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“Cross-questioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-questioning. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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