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as in questioning
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as in investigation
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Recent Examples of interrogation
Instead of seeing it as a high-pressure setting, try these perspective shifts:
Think of it as a get-to-know-you session rather than an interrogation.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Even an especially grueling interrogation by British parliamentarians at a hearing earlier this year provided few straight answers.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 2 May 2025
And realizing what all of this led to, Louise paces the interrogation room, stewing and doubting herself.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Let the conversation flow like a mutual exploration—not an interrogation.
—Sarah D'souza, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Even an especially grueling interrogation by British parliamentarians at a hearing earlier this year provided few straight answers.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 2 May 2025
And realizing what all of this led to, Louise paces the interrogation room, stewing and doubting herself.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Let the conversation flow like a mutual exploration—not an interrogation.
—Sarah D'souza, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogation
Noun
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Drivers mostly agreed about this line of questioning, too.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2025
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Toward the end of Thursday’s questioning, the defense asked Ventura about the 2016 InterContinental hotel freak-off, where the video of Combs beating Ventura in a hallway came from, and tried to indicate Combs was going through opiate withdrawal at the time, The New York Times reported.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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In fact, Trump views the Justice Department as a tool to uplift his political agenda, undoing the dedicated work of dozens of federal agents and prosecutors with his blanket pardon of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists and punishing or firing personnel that had engaged in disfavored inquiries.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2025
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Five Below also did not respond to a media inquiry.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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The show is set in 15th century Europe at a time of inquisition, a time when heretics are burned at the stake and it is essentially forbidden to look at the stars.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
15 Mar. 2025
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More snarky inquisitions continue deep into the episode when Morton hosts a lavish birthday party at her Atlanta mansion and both Williams and Kenya Moore, who’s noticeably been omitted from the season’s promo images, are introduced to the show’s new crew.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Half of all counties in Oregon, for example, qualify as child-care deserts for preschoolers, and thirty-five out of thirty-six counties in the state are child-care deserts for infants and toddlers, according to research out of Oregon State University.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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Telling the story of the Combahee River Raid, which took place from June 1-3 in 1863, took Fields-Black 10 years to research and three years to write.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025
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That conference series was part of a congressional probe into how Saudi Arabia has bought its way into popular U.S. institutions to reshape the public narrative in America and deflect attention from the country’s human rights abuses.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Space weather forecasters can occasionally use data from scientific probes observing the sun, such as the European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter or NASA's STEREO mission.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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So far in 2025, lunar exploration has surged forward.—
Zhenbo Wang,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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Filling my cup with adventure, exploration, pampering, and rest was everything.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
16 May 2025
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But since their places were confirmed on Monday, almost half have gotten rid of their holdings, whether by selling the coins or transferring them to different wallets, a WIRED analysis shows.—
Joel Khalili,
Wired News,
16 May 2025
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Although my skin’s spots improved—from 9 percent to 12 percent—compared to my previous analysis, my numbers were down in every other category, including wrinkles.—
Essence,
Essence,
16 May 2025
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This is because genetic studies have indicated low overall genetic diversity and the presence of distinct populations shaped by historical sea-level changes during the Last Glacial Maximum, underscoring the species’ vulnerability to environmental shifts.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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The study analyzed starlings from central Kenya that breed twice a year, during rainy seasons.—
Jay Kakade
May 18,
New Atlas,
18 May 2025
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“Interrogation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogation. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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