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
Interviews are conducted in private, between the interviewee and interviewer only.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Then the interviewer asked him to share a line.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
Leave with your interviewer being a fan of yours and thinking of you when the right position comes along.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
The interviewer did not delve into the response, instead going straight onto the next question.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
Then the interviewer asked him to share a line.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
Leave with your interviewer being a fan of yours and thinking of you when the right position comes along.
—Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
The interviewer did not delve into the response, instead going straight onto the next question.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 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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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
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But what was really baffling was Cronin’s claim that the questioner was raising his voice.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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At the center of it all in the Lone Star State were the always-enigmatic Latinx voters — whose voting patterns have long flummoxed pollsters.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Democratic pollster Paul Mitchell, who helped draw the Proposition 50 maps, agreed there could be downballot impacts on other races if there is no Democrat in the governor’s race come November.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interviewer. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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