queried

past tense of query

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of queried 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 The poll queried 1,006 respondents across several age groups about their medical habits. Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 The latest study, in the Journal of Financial Planning, queried the seven GenAI platforms in August 2025 with the same set of prompts. Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queried
Verb
  • Cordovez questioned whether the city had acted too broadly by closing every public pool in Hialeah after the Florida Department of Health singled out Bucky Dent Water Park and shut it down following an inspection that documented 34 violations.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Chitty was newly assigned to oversee the case following the removal of the Collin County judge who presided over the high-profile murder trial after the defense questioned his impartiality.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Those in the area who wish to donate supplies such as water and sports drinks are asked to drop them off at Clear Fork Bank in Mineral Wells.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Eisenkot also led Netanyahu 47% to 34% when respondents were asked who was better suited to serve as prime minister.
    Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Zahra says she was held in detention for four days, where she was interrogated and beaten.
    Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Both men were taken to be interrogated by Doral police for the earlier shooting.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • At the time, Bishop was a 30-year incumbent who was being challenged by Republican developer Chris West in southwest Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District.
    Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike York, Kraft challenged the charges, arguing that the evidence against him was inadmissible.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The two victims met every night from April 1-3 at Pinder’s apartment in Sweetwater, where they were quizzed about the fraternity’s history and beaten with paddles and canes for wrong answers, according to the affidavits.
    Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For smaller models, there’s also a distilling process where the new model is quizzed on answers by a more complex model (sometimes one from a competitor).
    Julien Khaleghy, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Khan’s lawyers and family have also accused the government of defying a court order that required him to be examined at the private Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • These cases represent a fraction of the unidentified victims whose remains have been examined over the years.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026

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“Queried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queried. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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