as in inquirer
a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information
had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service
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Recent Examples of interviewer
The duo stood side-by-side in a TikTok video where an interviewer asked them about their worst dates.
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
Provocative journalist and interviewer of the powerful There were those for whom art could not be disentangled from life, whose creations, often read as confessions, were intrinsically connected to their identities.
—Amisha Padnani, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Federal funding from the Victims of Crime Act once covered Abbott House’s entire forensic interview program, with comfortable conversation rooms and three interviewers.
—Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 5 Mar. 2026
The victim, who is under the age of 14, later told a forensic interviewer that she was assaulted twice.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
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Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026
Provocative journalist and interviewer of the powerful There were those for whom art could not be disentangled from life, whose creations, often read as confessions, were intrinsically connected to their identities.
—Amisha Padnani, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Federal funding from the Victims of Crime Act once covered Abbott House’s entire forensic interview program, with comfortable conversation rooms and three interviewers.
—Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 5 Mar. 2026
The victim, who is under the age of 14, later told a forensic interviewer that she was assaulted twice.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interviewer
Noun
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One of the nine important roles during your career cycle is being an inquirer.—
Rodney C. Adkins,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Since Cohn had signed the letter asking for retraction, the lead inquirer did not report to him.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Mueller repeatedly referred questioners back to the text of his report, apparently unwilling—or unable—to add any words of his own.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Several questioners pressed Steyer on his positions on Israel’s actions in Palestine and asked him to work to divest state entities from Israeli companies.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Most people will never attend a political rally in person, and most hang up when pollsters call.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The difference is that in prediction markets, people are wagering actual money, which tends to sharpen the mind in ways that answering a pollster's call during dinner does not.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interviewer. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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