interrogatory

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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. 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 Along those lines, various persons in Williamson’s orbit could be forced to answer questions in depositions and through interrogatories. Michael McCann, SI.com, 22 Aug. 2019 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
Noun
  • An extensive review of commercial reports and academic papers providing measures of the size of the sports industry, coupled with an examination of how other industries were sized, provided a number of helpful ideas for building a model that captured the broad expanse of the global sports industry.
    Dennis Howard, Sportico.com, 19 June 2025
  • That hasn’t, however, extended to a deep examination of last season’s Super Bowl LIX loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • The summary gives you insight into the rigor of my firm’s research and approach to picking stocks.
    David Trainer, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Mexican immigrants living in the United States are sending less money home to relatives via remittances, according to new research.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • This skepticism has its own science-fiction tradition, in which space exploration follows the patterns of exploitation visible already on Earth.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
  • While the industry has explored stablecoins before, this exploration has previously been very peripheral: few mainstream players have touched stablecoins directly, engaging through arms-length partners, if at all.
    Daniel Webber, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The bodies of 29-year-old Hajra Zahid and 25-year-old Haleema Zahid were removed from the pools on the Watkin Path in Eryri National Park in North Wales on Wednesday, June 11, officials said at an inquest, according to The Telegraph and the BBC.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 19 June 2025
  • At the inquest, the jury identified the assassins, but that didn't result in justice.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • The Department of Justice announced a federal probe of California over potential Title IX violations regarding its policy allowing trans athletes in girls sports in late May.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
  • The evidence revealed on Wednesday can still be used in the coup probe.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The New York Times, which first broke the news of Ryan's resignation, reported on Thursday that the Justice Department was pressuring Ryan to step down in order to resolve a civil rights inquiry into the university.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Sustainable Beef didn't immediately reply to an inquiry for more information about the company.
    Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Fox News Digital reached out to the study authors for comment.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
  • According to one 2019 study published in the journal Sleep, moms and dads can expect to experience some form of sleep deprivation for the first six years of their child's life.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Dean's and Newman's offices did not immediately return ABC News' request for comment.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 17 June 2025
  • Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee discussed the Defense Department's fiscal year 2026 budget request for military construction during a hearing with department officials.
    Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2025

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“Interrogatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogatory. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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