debriefed

past tense of debrief
as in interrogated
to officially ask (someone) about a job that has been done or about an experience Police debriefed the hostages upon their return. The pilot was debriefed after his flight.

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Recent Examples of debriefed The next morning, Saturday, July 4, the sisters debriefed over breakfast bagels while watching ships sail up the Hudson River to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday. Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 If her fellow cast members were debriefed about her dismissal or gossiped amongst themselves, it was not shown onscreen. Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 1 July 2026 The 14 Russian survivors were brought ashore in the port city of Cartagena, where they were debriefed by Spanish police and investigators. Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 Fox said Williams was debriefed in September 2015 and signed a nondisclosure agreement. Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026 Shortly thereafter, Dowd found herself inside the FBI’s resident agency in Brevard County, where she was debriefed by a special agent. Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026 Importantly, there was no significant difference in recovery between people who were debriefed and those who were not. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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  • As for coming to America in 2026, who would shoulder the exorbitant costs and the travel challenges, let alone the risk of being pulled out of a line at the Atlanta airport, interrogated, and sent back home for joking about penalty shoot-outs?
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • The brothers’ previous films included 2021’s Camp Confidential, about European Jews who found asylum in America after fleeing Nazi Europe, enlisted in the Army, and interrogated Nazi war criminals at a secret camp.
    Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
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  • Council member Nancy Merrill, who supported the project as a private citizen before joining the council and voted in favor of the plan Tuesday, questioned why the proposal was rejected again.
    Noah Daly August 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Stocks sank on that surge in yields, as investors questioned whether the central bank was falling behind in its inflation fight.
    Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • Afterward, rescuers and a veterinary team from the University of California, Davis examined the horse and sedated it.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • However, no one had directly examined fully strained films thinner than about four nanometers using techniques capable of measuring both the motion and spin of electrons at the same time.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

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“Debriefed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debriefed. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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