queried

past tense of query

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of queried Food, housing and medical expenses are the biggest chunk, finds the study, which queried 2,538 family caregivers. — Kat McGowan, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026 The survey queried patients on that question and several others to gauge their values. — Ricardo Correa, EverydayHealth.com, 27 Oct. 2026 The complaint said Alfozan queried a productivity tool to ask about meeting rooms where company leadership met and where external company partners would meet. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 What is not as often queried is the flipside of that situation. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queried
Verb
  • The search drew sharp condemnation from congressional Democrats, who also questioned the timing.
    — Hannah Schoenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • When Diaconu first entered a business fundraising competition, people questioned whether repair as a business was scalable and durable.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But when asked about Cohen on Tuesday, Riley heaped praise on the athletic director.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Deanna Paul, an attorney for Tal, said that the brothers asked them and their wives not to attend.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • She was interrogated and warned that a second offense meant prison.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Intelligence officers transported him to a camp controlled by Colombia’s FARC guerrilla organization, where he was interrogated and tortured over approximately two days, according to the charges.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The senator challenged Supreme Federal Court Justice Cristiano Zanin’s decision to extend voting by two hours, arguing that the uneven application of the measure had undermined equal voting conditions.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Bolsonaro has already challenged the results, prolonging the political flux and adding fresh pressure to the currency.
    — Marta Biino, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • During the assembly, students were also quizzed on topics including consent and relationship safety.
    — Kristie Keleshian, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The 2 Legacy Brands in Everyone's Head Conducted in September 2026, CNET Group's survey quizzed 1,000 Americans on security and privacy topics.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Generally, most households struggled more financially during the period examined, regardless of political representation, as median costs rose by 33 percent, while median incomes rose only 28 percent.
    — Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • To determine whether Decipher could help guide that decision, researchers examined test scores from more than 27,000 patients in real-world data and 401 men with non-metastatic prostate cancer who had participated in the STAMPEDE abiraterone trial.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Queried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queried. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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