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as in asks
to put a question or questions to
interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before
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as in examines
to put a series of questions to
police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end
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Recent Examples of interrogates
When Deadline interrogates how Doctor Who can continue with millions of pounds less budget per episode, Salt again harks back to her early time in the post.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
Engage with art that interrogates identity and civic belonging.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
While on a date, Tess inadvertently stumbles into one of Alex’s sets — which spikily interrogates why their romance fell apart.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
There has been much discussion about whether the genre glamorizes or interrogates female pain, or a little of both, or whether books by and about women with feelings that are important enough to be written about needs a label at all.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
The film is based on an original idea by the musician and interrogates the layered complexities of pop stardom.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2025
Going beyond boundaries, daring everything for knowledge, Dante’s Ulysses has much in common with mankind’s faulty prototype, Adam, whom Dante eagerly interrogates in Paradise.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Through Wyeth, Taylor interrogates the impossible standards put upon Black artists who may or may not want to comment on terrible things happening in the world, who may or may not want to foreground their race.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Also starring Denis O'Hare, Zachary Quinto, Sandra Bernhard, Isaac Powell, and Patti LuPone, NYC interrogates many thematic threads, but none more so than the illusion of control.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
Engage with art that interrogates identity and civic belonging.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
While on a date, Tess inadvertently stumbles into one of Alex’s sets — which spikily interrogates why their romance fell apart.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Dec. 2025
There has been much discussion about whether the genre glamorizes or interrogates female pain, or a little of both, or whether books by and about women with feelings that are important enough to be written about needs a label at all.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
The film is based on an original idea by the musician and interrogates the layered complexities of pop stardom.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2025
Going beyond boundaries, daring everything for knowledge, Dante’s Ulysses has much in common with mankind’s faulty prototype, Adam, whom Dante eagerly interrogates in Paradise.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Through Wyeth, Taylor interrogates the impossible standards put upon Black artists who may or may not want to comment on terrible things happening in the world, who may or may not want to foreground their race.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Also starring Denis O'Hare, Zachary Quinto, Sandra Bernhard, Isaac Powell, and Patti LuPone, NYC interrogates many thematic threads, but none more so than the illusion of control.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogates
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Matlock's season 2 midseason premiere features a scene in which an HR representative named Gwen (Sarah Wright-Olsen) asks the whereabouts of Billy Martinez (David Del Rio).—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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Lisa asks him, which feels like a deliberate workaround to allude to his stalking past without getting her hands dirty.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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The film examines the push-pull of attraction and rejection on a scope both intimate and global, finding the uneasy space where the two meet.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
28 Feb. 2026
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The process examines not only assets and income, but also the principles guiding decisions.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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That nobody ever questions Louise is part of the conceit.—
Malavika Kannan,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026
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By juxtaposing humble materials like wood and tagua-nut shell with diamonds and gemstones, the line also questions conventional notions of what’s truly precious.—
Jill Newman,
Robb Report,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Interrogates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogates. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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