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Recent Examples of interrogatory
The administration must respond to interrogatories and document production requests and four officials must sit for a deposition by April 23, per the judge’s orders.
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Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
In January, attorneys for the injured woman filed a motion to compel the White Sox and their security to respond to pre-trial interrogatories and documents requests.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
And then the second dinner table scene at the end is much less flattering, much more interrogatory.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
This might come in the form of a request for production of documents or things, a request for admissions, interrogatories or even a notice to take your deposition.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
The objection also said Alabama law restricts questions, or interrogatories, to 40 without the court’s permission to go beyond that limit.
—Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 20 Apr. 2023
In the district court, Clinton was ordered to respond to interrogatories.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Apr. 2020
During it, Brown and Taylor would be required to answer questions under oath, either in depositions (in-person answers) or interrogatories (written answers).
—Michael McCann, SI.com, 11 Sep. 2019
Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
In January, attorneys for the injured woman filed a motion to compel the White Sox and their security to respond to pre-trial interrogatories and documents requests.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
And then the second dinner table scene at the end is much less flattering, much more interrogatory.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
This might come in the form of a request for production of documents or things, a request for admissions, interrogatories or even a notice to take your deposition.
—Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
The objection also said Alabama law restricts questions, or interrogatories, to 40 without the court’s permission to go beyond that limit.
—Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 20 Apr. 2023
In the district court, Clinton was ordered to respond to interrogatories.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Apr. 2020
During it, Brown and Taylor would be required to answer questions under oath, either in depositions (in-person answers) or interrogatories (written answers).
—Michael McCann, SI.com, 11 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogatory
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As the investigation into Guthrie's abduction widens its scope, authorities have now increased the reward for public tips on the case to $102,500.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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When asked if other people at the coalition or the county are suspected of further wrongdoing, Stephan said only that the investigation is ongoing.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Frederick Wiseman, the pioneering documentary filmmaker whose penetrating, observational depictions of public institutions raised ethical issues and provoked social examination, has died.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
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Boyne refused to submit to examination by state mental health professionals and fired the lawyers.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
16 Feb. 2026
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Wednesday’s game was Minnesota’s Pink Game to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research and treatment.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
19 Feb. 2026
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Links can be seen between the popularity of K-beauty – a sector estimated by research firm Mintel to be worth more than $90 billion – and the rise of Korean culture internationally.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Those memorable segments demonstrated how the desk-and-sofa format could be a tool in the politician’s arsenal for shaping public opinion away from the pesky probing of journalists.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Giscard d’Estaing’s campaign self-consciously emulated American political campaigns of the day, and Depardon appropriately applies the tools of direct cinema to give us a probing, intimate look at the candidate on the cusp of power.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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The wreck is in the same area where the founder of the exploration organization died in June 2024.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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What unfolds is a gripping exploration of identity, privilege and devotion.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2026
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The second was the inquest into the death of former Scotland and Manchester United defender Gordon McQueen, who passed away in 2023 at the age of 70.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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In January 2025, the Contra Costa Police Chiefs Association updated its investigation procedures under the Law Enforcement Involved Fatal Incidents Protocol, doing away with a coroner’s inquest.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
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The investigations come amid another federal probe into whether two ICE officers lied under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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Beacons are used in conjunction with probes to pinpoint those buried and shovels to dig them out.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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The backstory Founded in 1941 by British mystic Edwin John Dingle—better known as Ding Le Mei—the Mentalphysics Spiritual Teaching and Retreat Center was conceived as a sanctuary for spiritual inquiry and mental well-being.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Then came the unprecedented announcement last week that Buckingham Palace was ready to cooperate in the event of a police inquiry into Mountbatten-Windsor’s links to Epstein.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Interrogatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogatory. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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