EXAMINED Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

examined

verb

Definition of examined next

past tense of examine

as in interrogated

to put a series of questions to the defense attorney was eager to examine her star witness

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Relevance

as in reviewed

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) the customer painstakingly examined the antique piece of furniture from top to bottom before purchasing it

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as in explored

to search through or into a groundbreaking study that examined the causes of juvenile delinquency

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Recent Examples of examined The new study examined only brief interactions with chatbots. —

Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026 Each of the 13 sharks examined for the study tested positive for high levels of cocaine, CBS News reported at the time. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026 The runway where two pilots died in a collision between a jet and a fire truck reopened Thursday morning at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, which had been operating at limited capacity all week as investigators examined the wreckage and work crews cleaned up debris. —

Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 The Journal Sentinel also examined reports at an eighth store for comparison. —

April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026 McPherson and her colleagues examined how zero gravity (or zero-G) conditions affect the sperm of three different mammals, including humans. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026 The International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology published a study which examined data from many users of an acoustic therapy device to discover that nasal cavity dimensions affected treatment needs for congestion. —

Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026 What the New Mexico jury reviewed The New Mexico trial examined a raft of Meta’s internal correspondence and reports related to child safety. —

Morgan Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026 And, contrary to the expectations of people who like to sleep cool, warmer was generally better at least over the range of temperatures examined in this study (67 to 74 degrees), which were not warm enough to produce Evenepoel’s overheating problem. —

Richard A. Lovett, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026

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Recordings of the three men being interrogated provide the basis for flashbacks, and scenes set in Tehran’s artistic beau monde of the late sixties show the aftermath of their adventures.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
One of those decisions in 2018 found that a Southern California school district violated state law when officials interrogated a union steward about whether employees had complained to her.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026