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 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
  • There’s an urge to reconnect with our heritage, and people are undertaking ancestry pilgrimages, combining boots-on-the-ground investigation into family trees and searching for documents in town halls, with discovering the places our ancestors used to call home.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • An investigation by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has found that Team Canada manipulated the outcome of the North American Cup in Lake Placid, New York, earlier this month.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • An in-depth examination uncovers moderate profitability and growth, coupled with a competitive valuation.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The growing awareness that, even in mild COVID cases, the possibility exists for longer-term, often undetected organ damage also warrants more examination, researchers say.
    Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • PhDs Are Fleeing Federal Agencies A new Science analysis of White House Office of Personnel Management data reveals a dramatic surge in the number of employees with a PhD who are leaving employment at federal research agencies.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In 2013, David Kidd and Emanuele Castano shifted the research goal posts by asking if reading literary fiction (as opposed to non-fiction, popular fiction, or no reading) correlated with higher scores on what’s known as theory of mind.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Each issue curates essays, interviews, frameworks, and visual explainers that add up to a coherent exploration of a topic that matters.
    Daphne Koller, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Surviving Corporate Transition — William Bridges A classic exploration of the psychology of transition that helps leaders understand what employees experience after major organizational change.
    Jennifer J. Fondrevay, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The drivers of the trains either failed to see Mitchell on the tracks or failed to react quickly enough, RAIB said at the inquest, per the outlets.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Everton players might have looked at each other, thinking that one of their own was sent off for less on Monday, but other inquests were taking precedence.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • But after a six-month probe into Yoon's decree, investigators led by another independent counsel, Cho Eun-suk, in December downplayed conjecture that Kim's troubles drove Yoon to declare martial law.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Justice Department also launched a probe into Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over their public statements criticizing the presence of ICE in the state.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • At the same time, the instruction was deeply committed to the idea that women could and should be full participants in scientific inquiry.
    Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Swiss Federal Supreme Court referred her case back to CAS, with new audio-visual evidence that could prove the inquiry was filed within the required timeframe.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Interrogatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogatory. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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