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
  • Experts have questioned exactly what role the Salvadoran troops are playing in Haiti.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local investigators have questioned several people about the circumstances of her death.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • One of the North Texans, Pamelia Stanford, was to the point when asked about Talarico’s lead in Tarrant County.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Ada County residents also were asked whether to keep an extra vehicle registration fee for cars and trucks that helps fund transit projects, according to previous Statesman reporting.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In May, 2023, the prosecutors finally interrogated Kotthaus and Rau.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • She was interrogated and warned that a second offense meant prison.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Robinson scored 14 points in the half while Edmonds added 9 to help the Horned Frogs take a 57-37 lead into halftime that wasn’t challenged in the second.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Supreme Court barred affirmative action in admissions in 2023 after lawsuits challenged it at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 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
  • The little prior research on any sort of relationship between voting in the United States and living longer largely examined how health status might predict later voting behaviors, Handy said.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
  • After more than two decades in space, the observatory examined over 2,000 GRBs and more than 1,400 supernovae.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Queried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queried. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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