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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
In the same interview, Stone shared his perspective on Wall Street's Oscar performance in general. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026 This interview has been edited and condensed. Andrew McGowan, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
After interviewing with the Ravens and Steelers this coaching cycle, Flores’ lawsuit probably contributed to his not receiving a second chance to coach after the Dolphins fired him following the 2021 season. Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026 She’s known for interviewing major political leaders, covering breaking news and co-hosting major events for NBC. Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interview
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interview
Noun
  • In the days after the training session, about 190 of the more than 400 people who attended had signed on to be observers, according to Luis Argueta, a spokesman for the grassroots organization Unidos MN and a speaker at the event.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Vonn powered through a training session on Friday to be able to stay in the event.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • More than six out of ten adults surveyed in January said the high court should uphold a lower court ruling limiting the president’s authority to impose tariffs.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • That’s significantly more than the 211,000 new applications that analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet had forecast.
    Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • While major allies like France and the United Kingdom attended the meeting in Washington, Greenland and Denmark, the NATO ally with oversight of the mineral-rich Arctic island, did not.
    DIDI TANG, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
  • At a January Republican Assembly meeting in Fayetteville, attorney and Senate candidate Don Brown accused Whatley of failing western North Carolina residents.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Unlike many of his Latin pop predecessors, who released songs in English in hopes of broadening their audience, the singer has not recorded any full-length English material across his six studio albums.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The audience’s appetite for it seems insatiable.
    David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The flags were designed alongside each neighborhood's community councils over several planning and brainstorming workshops.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The city hosts a budget workshop in May before finalizing its budget decisions in June.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Some teens worry that relying on AI for emotional support could make real conversations harder.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • These physiological responses are now part of a wider conversation about rising instances of school avoidance among neurodiverse adolescents.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Putting all of this together gives the resulting convocation some depth, and reminds us that there is a link between research and eventual production or deployment of technology.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The Evangelical school Liberty University, where Smith once delivered the convocation message, remained open; the school, then run by staunch MAGA ally Jerry Falwell Jr., was running a think tank in partnership with Charlie Kirk.
    Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026

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“Interview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interview. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.

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