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
Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer reported that three AFC teams have contacted the Rams about interviewing Scheelhaase for their head-coaching vacancy.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2026
The team has been interviewing myriad candidates since.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2026
Basically, there are two people who were both on the red carpet interviewing almost all the people that day, not to mention being very intimate through everything set visits to junkets.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
Officers remain on scene canvassing the area, gathering evidence, and interviewing witnesses.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
After interviewing five candidates for the president of football position, the Falcons named Matt Ryan on Saturday morning and then shifted into four interviews for the coach position.
—D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 11 Jan. 2026
Officers interviewing witnesses in Macy’s declined to comment as did store employees.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
Even special-teams coordinator Darren Rizzi is interviewing with the New York Giants.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 Jan. 2026
And the Dolphins’ attention has swung that way by interviewing Seattle offensive coordinator Clint Kubiak on Saturday and setting up interviews for Harbaugh, Kevin Stefanski, Robert Saleh and Chris Shula.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2026
The team has been interviewing myriad candidates since.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2026
Basically, there are two people who were both on the red carpet interviewing almost all the people that day, not to mention being very intimate through everything set visits to junkets.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
Officers remain on scene canvassing the area, gathering evidence, and interviewing witnesses.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
After interviewing five candidates for the president of football position, the Falcons named Matt Ryan on Saturday morning and then shifted into four interviews for the coach position.
—D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 11 Jan. 2026
Officers interviewing witnesses in Macy’s declined to comment as did store employees.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
Even special-teams coordinator Darren Rizzi is interviewing with the New York Giants.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 10 Jan. 2026
And the Dolphins’ attention has swung that way by interviewing Seattle offensive coordinator Clint Kubiak on Saturday and setting up interviews for Harbaugh, Kevin Stefanski, Robert Saleh and Chris Shula.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interviewing
surveying
Verb
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Parrish stood at the wheel, his gimlet eyes surveying the water beneath a threadbare Pink Floyd cap.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Video posted on social media showed a resident surveying the damage by kayak.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Interviewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interviewing. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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