queried

past tense of query

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Recent Examples of queried Ethics experts have queried whether the department can make an independent decision and have raised concerns about government overreach. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 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 When queried why no women were being spotlighted for a Heart of Sarajevo award this year, Marjanović put it down to scheduling. Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025 The survey, conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Aon Travel Practice, part of the Affinity Business at Aon, queried more than 2,000 American adults ages 18 and older about their attitudes toward travel and travel insurance. Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 3 Jan. 2025 That decision aside, the list reflects the democratic will of the experts queried. Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024 Over nearly two decades, MOI Global has queried investment managers on their idea generation strategies. Big Think, 26 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for queried
Verb
  • In fact, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of horror stories circulating across Facebook, Reddit, and other platforms about individuals being questioned at check-in by airline agents or, worse, denied entry altogether.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • McKesson never questioned her genetics – or considered 23andMe – until a team of surgeons performed an urgent, open-heart procedure in 2022 to remove clots from her heart and lungs.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Breer was taking in questions from fans for his mailbag on Sports Illustrated when he was asked about the dysfunction with the Ravens.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Phillips also asked that their assets be divided up by the court as separate property, with no indication in the papers that the exes had a prenup in place.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • White journalists reported that Bethea appeared drunk at the time of arrest, that he was interrogated by police, and initially admitted nothing.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Both Crimson Gold and Offside were banned inside Iran, and Panahi was arrested and interrogated after the former film was recognized at Cannes.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Changes to the regulatory framework and fleet incentives further challenged the business, Barra also said.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Florida compact was quickly challenged by West Flagler Associates, a company that owns casinos and racetracks in Florida.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • According to a recent documentary, police have examined whether Revak might have been connected to as many as five different homicides over a 14-year span, including the disappearance of Huisentruit.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For instance, the team examined SIRT1, a post-translational regulator linked to inflammation and cancer.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Queried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queried. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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