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interviewee

noun

Definition of intervieweenext
as in respondent

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Recent Examples of interviewee Today’s Four Questions interviewee is Randolph-Clay coach Charles Truitt, whose team is 4-0 for the first time since 2016. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 17 Sep. 2026 One interviewer told us that former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan personally intervened and persuaded a wealthy interviewee to participate. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026 Better make sure those interview questions are properly researched and up to snuff — or else there could be some real zingers flying in from the interviewee. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 To start with this question of dehumanization and rehumanization, one of the things that happens in the beginning of a psychoanalytic interview is that the interviewee, the patient, starts off expecting to be less than human. — Orna Guralnik, The New York Review of Books, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for interviewee
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respondent
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  • The average survey respondent projects a significant boost in productivity and economic growth but also a substantial disruption to workers in AI-sensitive fields.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The census, which is administered every 10 years and is next set for 2030, is also considering asking about each respondent’s citizenship, a departure from past practice, which could discourage the participation of immigrants.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
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