as in surveying
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 interviewing
Two of them are quietly interviewing elsewhere.
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Each episode features Rahma interviewing and playing games with Toyota drivers like Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell, Jade Avedisian, and Chase Briscoe.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
Police said no one is in custody and detectives are interviewing everyone who was inside the home at the time of the shooting.
—Sergio Candido, CBS News, 10 June 2026
In terms of hiring and interviewing functions, some recruiters think banks won’t lean on AI.
—Meg Short, Fortune, 7 June 2026
Arrest comes 40 years later Once they were done eating and interviewing Nash, the team asked him to go outside and look at some photos.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 June 2026
After spending 11 months gathering evidence, interviewing two dozen tearful girls and their parents, then being stonewalled by state prosecutors and attacked in the media, they were then ostracized by federal prosecutors, who took over the case in early 2007.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
The form requires expertise in interviewing, as well as subjects’ trust.
—Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
Morrison has covered stories worldwide, interviewing everyone from presidents and prime ministers, student protesters under fire in Tiananmen Square, to criminals, teachers, artists, actors and authors.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 29 May 2026
Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Each episode features Rahma interviewing and playing games with Toyota drivers like Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell, Jade Avedisian, and Chase Briscoe.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
Police said no one is in custody and detectives are interviewing everyone who was inside the home at the time of the shooting.
—Sergio Candido, CBS News, 10 June 2026
In terms of hiring and interviewing functions, some recruiters think banks won’t lean on AI.
—Meg Short, Fortune, 7 June 2026
Arrest comes 40 years later Once they were done eating and interviewing Nash, the team asked him to go outside and look at some photos.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 June 2026
After spending 11 months gathering evidence, interviewing two dozen tearful girls and their parents, then being stonewalled by state prosecutors and attacked in the media, they were then ostracized by federal prosecutors, who took over the case in early 2007.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
The form requires expertise in interviewing, as well as subjects’ trust.
—Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
Morrison has covered stories worldwide, interviewing everyone from presidents and prime ministers, student protesters under fire in Tiananmen Square, to criminals, teachers, artists, actors and authors.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interviewing
surveying
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Over the past few years, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida has been exploring how these challenges impact financial stability and food insecurity in our neighborhoods — surveying more than 250 community members and leading round-table discussions to get to the root of the problem.—
Keonna Yearwood-Branch,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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One of them, for example, links to a scout drone camera surveying the terrain ahead and feeding back route data to the driver.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 June 2026
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“Interviewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interviewing. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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