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
Officers were interviewing her when the first reports of the active shooting occurred.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The Vikings have tabbed Denver’s assistant general manager for a second round of interviews, after first interviewing Burckhardt virtually last week.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
Orlando Sentinel reporter Annie Martin spent weeks scouring records, interviewing nursing-school executives and talking to state regulators.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2026
The investigators began by interviewing the neighbors.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Police as of Monday morning were interviewing witnesses, trying to identify suspects, and searching for video surveillance and other evidence.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 May 2026
And, as with every other runway, WWD is there, covering the news, interviewing chief executive officers and cross examining the smartest analysts — drilling down into the smallest details and opening up the broader narrative to understand it all.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Investigators are now in the process of interviewing family members and others connected to the case, Salame said.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Latifi, who has spent years interviewing influencer parents and children as well as researchers who are concerned about the practice’s effects, stops short of such inquiry.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
The Vikings have tabbed Denver’s assistant general manager for a second round of interviews, after first interviewing Burckhardt virtually last week.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
Orlando Sentinel reporter Annie Martin spent weeks scouring records, interviewing nursing-school executives and talking to state regulators.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 20 May 2026
The investigators began by interviewing the neighbors.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Police as of Monday morning were interviewing witnesses, trying to identify suspects, and searching for video surveillance and other evidence.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 May 2026
And, as with every other runway, WWD is there, covering the news, interviewing chief executive officers and cross examining the smartest analysts — drilling down into the smallest details and opening up the broader narrative to understand it all.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
Investigators are now in the process of interviewing family members and others connected to the case, Salame said.
—Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Latifi, who has spent years interviewing influencer parents and children as well as researchers who are concerned about the practice’s effects, stops short of such inquiry.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interviewing
surveying
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Recruitment staff are surveying several options with a view to signing at least two, possibly three, players in the knowledge that the centre of the team has long needed a significant rebuild.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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One prompted stories of an old cowboy sitting alone on a porch, surveying a ghost town; another prompted stories about a sun rising over a meadow, where tiny creatures awakened and started to frolic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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“Interviewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interviewing. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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