queried

past tense of query

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of queried But since March 2026, law enforcement queried him 55 times, a detail that is included in the lawsuit. Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026 The Elk Grove Police Department is reviewing an audit showing outside law enforcement agencies queried the city’s license plate data more than 8 million times. Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 When queried about the reasons for her breakout, Williams kept it simple. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 Retailer agents cannot be queried at scale and return almost no data to brands. Jason Goldberg, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Lawmakers previously queried Airbnb and Cursor about their use of Chinese AI models. J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026 In Target, she’d be queried about where to find the Christmas decorations. Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 In difficult times and with commissioning opportunities dimming, this source queried whether there needs to be a festival at all. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 July 2026 While the oversight board posed questions in English, the university researchers queried chatbots in different languages. Didi Tang, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queried
Verb
  • The methodology of Milgram’s experiments as well as similar ones has been recently questioned and the numbers disputed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Timothy Westlake, chief of staff at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration who is seeking confirmation to be assistant secretary for mental health and substance use, was also questioned.
    FATIMA HUSSEIN, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In one of her first meetings, she was asked to look at the designs for a new truck cab and formally approve it.
    Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • An indiscriminate cast of men and women, boys and girls, is asked to act out athletic tasks.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The interrogated become the interrogators in a way that gets a little blurry when the focus initially shifts from Hill and Ford to Thomas and Kavanaugh.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The plaintiffs alleged that some of those classified as especiales were taken to military facilities, interrogated, tortured, killed or forcibly disappeared.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In January 2023, about 30 people, supported by a walkers’ rights charity called the Ramblers Association, challenged the closure and obtained formal recognition of the public right-of-way from the West Berkshire District Council.
    Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The decision cleared the way for Paramount to become among the largest theatrical distributors in the country and own a top five streamer by subscriber count, until the deal was challenged by the states.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Barbera and his team then decided to go ahead and hold the presser after online observers blasted Venice’s hesitation to cancel it as a move to shield jury members from being quizzed about politics.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The cop then quizzed me about my girlfriend and her whereabouts.
    George Boedecker Jr, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The work examined heat, radiation, residual gases and changes in the catalyst materials after testing.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The research, published in the scientific journal Microbial Cell, examined the effect of caffeine on fission yeast cells.
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Queried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queried. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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