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as in questioned
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order
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as in asked
to put a question or questions to
queried the professor about the assignment
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as in interrogated
to put a series of questions to
once the statement was given, the press secretary allowed reporters to query the President
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Recent Examples of queried
Instead, the doctor queried the chatbot, and received an effective prescription immediately.
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Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
McVay said when queried about his planned sideline attire.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
In all, six of eight Equity leasing agents queried told testers they could be denied a rental based on credit history.
—Robin Urevich, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
He was queried about that sizable stat on a call with Wall Street after Par unveiled a hostile takeover offer for WBD.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2025
Harrison Schmidt was still on the stand, prosecutors played a tape of officers asking Walshe why a device in his home would have queried how to dispose of a body.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Trump and his medical team have consistently maintained that the President is in good health but commentators have queried the veracity of that claim.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Nearly two-thirds of the buyers queried have not contacted their agents since buying their homes, the company found.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
This refers to Google’s ability to ensure that Gemini and other AI products depending on Google Cloud can still work well when queried by a skyrocketing number of users.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
McVay said when queried about his planned sideline attire.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
In all, six of eight Equity leasing agents queried told testers they could be denied a rental based on credit history.
—Robin Urevich, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
He was queried about that sizable stat on a call with Wall Street after Par unveiled a hostile takeover offer for WBD.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Dec. 2025
Harrison Schmidt was still on the stand, prosecutors played a tape of officers asking Walshe why a device in his home would have queried how to dispose of a body.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
Trump and his medical team have consistently maintained that the President is in good health but commentators have queried the veracity of that claim.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Nearly two-thirds of the buyers queried have not contacted their agents since buying their homes, the company found.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
This refers to Google’s ability to ensure that Gemini and other AI products depending on Google Cloud can still work well when queried by a skyrocketing number of users.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queried
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That same year, Andrew's nephew, a then-17-year-old Prince Harry, was questioned by police about underage drinking and cannabis use, but he was never arrested or charged.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Some have questioned if the law will truly guarantee the liberty of ex-detainees.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Attending the Berlin Film Festival for new movie Rosebush Pruning, actor Callum Turner was asked by a journalist at the film’s press conference about online speculation linking him to the James Bond role.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
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Atwood had done what Mary had asked and poured everything into her daughter.—
Peter Warren,
Houston Chronicle,
14 Feb. 2026
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And yet word of the clinic’s existence soon reached security officers, who vandalized it and interrogated the doctor who ran it.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
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Classmates applying for jobs that year and the next were interrogated about their commitments to Israel.—
Rabbi Jill Jacobs,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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Alan Morrison, who was the lead attorney in a case that challenged the blanket steel tariffs Trump put in place during his first term, understands why so many businesses have shied away from this kind of face-off.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The laws have been challenged by families representing a variety of religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and clergy, in addition to nonreligious families.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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High school and middle school groups faced off and were quizzed on a wide range of Black History topics, from local roots to national moments.—
Kaley Fedko,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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My son has spent his entire life in and out of clinics, where audiologists have gently poked at his tiny ears and quizzed him on his hearing range.—
Hannah Silverman,
Parents,
5 Feb. 2026
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The department said Wednesday that biological evidence from Guthrie’s Tucson-area home was being examined and that DNA profiles were at a lab for analysis.—
Ed White,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The nearly eight-week study, published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, examined 39 overweight and obese participants between 36 and 75 years old.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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