1
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
He was queried about that sizable stat on a call with Wall Street after Par unveiled a hostile takeover offer for WBD.
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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
Immergut queried of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Eric Hamilton on Sunday.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Lack of awareness of the awards is an ongoing challenge, and awardees are under-utilized; several past awardees queried why awardees aren’t tapped to contribute to education- and STEM-related policy.
—Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Google has released its search data on the top queried national parks of all time, and the winner comes as no surprise to us.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2025
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
Immergut queried of Deputy Assistant Attorney General Eric Hamilton on Sunday.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Lack of awareness of the awards is an ongoing challenge, and awardees are under-utilized; several past awardees queried why awardees aren’t tapped to contribute to education- and STEM-related policy.
—Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Google has released its search data on the top queried national parks of all time, and the winner comes as no surprise to us.
—Emilee Coblentz, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queried
Verb
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When the deputy questioned Rustrian, the scuffle began, the source told CBS.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Stokes recently came under fire after several viral social media posts questioned her legal qualifications and reported connection to Second Chance Services, a mental health and addiction clinic in Charlotte.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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He was asked to be the signal-caller, and that responsibility seemed to hinder his ability to read and react.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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At just 18 months old, he was cast as baby Toby in Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, after the filmmaker asked the Frouds, who were already working on the film, if their infant could step into the role.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Jorge Antonio Rodríguez died that same year after being interrogated by intelligence agents.—
Robbie Griffiths,
NPR,
4 Jan. 2026
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Whiteness is interrogated and Blackness is structural.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
18 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The Avs challenged for offsides, and the goal was taken off the board.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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The 90-minute delay challenged everyone in the arena to find ways to kill time.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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The attorney general used the same tactic when Durbin quizzed her about a July memo from her department announcing no new information had been found in its Epstein files.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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The exec was later quizzed why HBO Max Spain had not yet leaned into any of its more successful docs or doc series and expanded them.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To understand what makes the mRNA shots special, the researchers examined blood and tissue samples and found that the COVID shots appeared to activate the innate immune system — a fundamental, early-warning defense mechanism that alerts other parts of the immune system to prepare for an attack.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Their study shows that while some planets are destroyed during the early post-main sequence phase, Earth is likely safer than the close-in giant planets examined.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Queried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queried. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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