QUESTIONINGS Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

questionings

noun

plural of questioning

as in interrogations

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The students also demanded changes in the judiciary and urgent investigations in top-level corruption cases that might have been sidelined due to political pressure under Vucic.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Voting by noncitizens has been shown by audits and investigations to be extremely rare.

— Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of investigations

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Mark DiCamillo, the poll’s director, said previous surveys showed support for Proposition 40 has been fragile, and the most recent shows its prospects have dimmed as election day approaches.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
The decision followed months of community meetings and surveys in which residents identified youth services, arts programs and affordable gathering spaces as priorities.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of surveys

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Symptoms, sleep habits, and how well antidepressants worked were all self-reported, and the circadian markers came from questionnaires rather than direct measures of the body clock.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The participants reported their weekly physical activity via questionnaires.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of questionnaires

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Melanie Challenger Melanie Challenger writes, researches, and broadcasts on the history of ideas, the history and philosophy of science, and the relationship between humans and the living world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it.

— Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of researches

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Graham is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, a professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy, and a senior scientist at Gallup, whose World Poll supplied the data for her latest paper.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Earlier studies collected nearly 200 kill dates from beneath them—not one is older than 2,000 years.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of studies

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Specialists must evaluate a patient's symptoms, medical history, neurological examinations and imaging results to determine whether the disease is present.

— Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Jean also said at least a dozen children underwent medical examinations and that Osbeck lacked the documentation required to operate an orphanage.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026

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