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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
Every season interrogates a different aspect of entertainment.
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Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 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
Made in Africa is a monthly column by Rolling Stone staff writer Mankaprr Conteh that celebrates and interrogates the lives, concerns, and innovations of cultural workers of the African diaspora from their vantage point.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
And when the surviving crew interrogates the android Ash about his treachery, the book has him pretty much spill the space beans.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
But Fastvold, the partner and creative collaborator of The Brutalist director Brady Corbet—she co-wrote both that film and Corbet’s previous movie, Vox Lux—also interrogates the idea of spirituality as a lifeline.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
Pierre Michel Jean’s TTFF title Oblivion interrogates anti-Blackness in Dominican society.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Similarly, De Onkruidenier, artists-in-residence at the Sainsbury Centre, are based at Wolterton until September, creating work that interrogates ecological memory and environmental change.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 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
Made in Africa is a monthly column by Rolling Stone staff writer Mankaprr Conteh that celebrates and interrogates the lives, concerns, and innovations of cultural workers of the African diaspora from their vantage point.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
And when the surviving crew interrogates the android Ash about his treachery, the book has him pretty much spill the space beans.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
But Fastvold, the partner and creative collaborator of The Brutalist director Brady Corbet—she co-wrote both that film and Corbet’s previous movie, Vox Lux—also interrogates the idea of spirituality as a lifeline.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
Pierre Michel Jean’s TTFF title Oblivion interrogates anti-Blackness in Dominican society.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Similarly, De Onkruidenier, artists-in-residence at the Sainsbury Centre, are based at Wolterton until September, creating work that interrogates ecological memory and environmental change.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogates
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Morgan asks Joanne to help push her to break up with him — in the middle of their engagement party — and the younger sister tries to set her plan in motion.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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And then there’s the bigger-picture version, which asks audience members to think both outside the box and the multiplex.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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In a new series from the Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast In the Dark, Heidi Blake examines the evidence and asks whether the British justice system got it wrong.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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There is little academic research that examines the differences between American and Canadian tourists abroad, according to Kim Dae-young, professor of hospitality management at the University of Missouri.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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But there’s one style of parenting that questions if that’s really the right strategy.—
Alex Vance,
Parents,
21 Oct. 2025
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So when Angela Forrest’s fall proves deadly, nobody questions anything.—
Maren Longbella,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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