interviewed

past tense of interview
as in surveyed
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 interviewed Detectives investigating the case have interviewed as many as 15 people, collected forensic evidence and followed numerous leads, police said in a news release. — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026 Flores was arrested three days later, per police, and was interviewed at Miami Police headquarters. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 The investigation into Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza was shot at night on rooftops in Tel Aviv where the filmmakers interviewed Israeli military intelligence officers and soldiers about destruction and loss of life. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026 About half a dozen inmates were interviewed during the investigation. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026 Many farmworkers who were interviewed, including Lopez, who was sprayed in the raisin field, said employers did not provide pesticide safety training. — Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 One of the individuals who reportedly received furniture through the program was interviewed by authorities. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026 Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt, both fans from way back, took an interest in her (they are interviewed extensively). — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026 Police said a fourth teen who was walking with the group was interviewed and released without charges. — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
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surveyed
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  • Economists surveyed by Bloomberg this month raised their forecasts for China’s trade growth for the year, now expecting exports to grow 17 percent and imports to rise 22 percent.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Roughly 50% of the merchants that Adyen surveyed reported an increase in the number of false declines—legitimate orders that overzealous fraud filters reject.
    — Mark Beare, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Interviewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interviewed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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