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interview

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verb

as in to survey
to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information a reporter at the scene interviewing witnesses to the explosion

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Recent Examples of interview
Noun
During an interview on The Zane Lowe Show to discuss his deeply nostalgic new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, the 83-year-old musician shared memories of navigating the early days of Beatlemania alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2026 As Fey said in an interview pegged to season one, the truth is humorous. Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Verb
Five security scholars interviewed by Reuters agreed the infrastructure broadly could support China’s nuclear program, as well as other military purposes. Reuters, NBC news, 29 May 2026 The Sacramento Bee’s Editorial Board interviewed all the major candidates running for governor to determine who would get the board’s endorsement. The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for interview
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interview
Noun
  • For the next two years, Adamson and Watson struggled through label rejections, an aborted stint opening for Alice Cooper with a mediocre backing band, and some uneven sessions with Roxy Music producer Chris Thomas.
    Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 30 May 2026
  • The state Legislature passed a tax bill in its recent special session that, among other things, requires the county commissioners to pay tax collectors’ commissions on school millage collections.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2026
Verb
  • The poll surveyed 1,707 California adults, 986 of them identified as likely voters, from May 14-18.
    John Woolfolk, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Researchers led by Matthew Kropp, a managing director and senior partner at BCG surveyed more than 1,200 human resources and finance professionals on how AI was used in the workplace and then asked them to assess a workplace document with multiple errors in it.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Across the half mile that separated us, the stern gaze of the villagers was an impediment to our meeting.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
  • This is the first year that the Nationals have engaged in formal meetings like these.
    Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Instead, notifications on many phones within the audience had gone off with the news that the Wizards had just traded for Davis.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • Debate is broken as a tool to inform, explore ideas and persuade an audience.
    Lisa Pavia-Higel, The Conversation, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • The board approved the decarbonization incentive but committed to additional workshops and evaluations of the program before issuing any allowances for it.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Participants — scouted through social-media research and recommendations from other creators and platform partners — move through virtual workshops and training before capping the experience by capturing content at the Disney Parks.
    Jon Youshaei, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Budget reductions at the private research institution have meant hard conversations about what and who to cut.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • Group conversation can be a lot for many people, and everyone’s social batteries have different capacities.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 30 May 2026
Noun
  • Attendance at this year’s show is up about 5% from last year, according to Cinema United, the trade group that organizes the four-day convocation of thousands of movie theater owners, studio executives and industry folks at Caesars Palace.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • On March 5, Washington Square News editor Leena Ahmed broke the story that NYU has canceled all live student graduation speakers for all of its upcoming commencement and convocation ceremonies this spring.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Interview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interview. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.

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