questionings

noun

plural of questioning
as in interrogations

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for questionings
  1. investigations
  2. inquisitions
  3. surveys
  4. questionnaires
  5. explorations
  6. researches
  7. studies
  8. examinations
Noun
  • Food safety experts say investigations into outbreaks like this often trace contamination back to farms and water sources long before products reach restaurants.
    — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • His work pioneered investigations into innovative approaches targeting cancer stem cells and integrative oncology.
    — Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of investigations
Noun
  • Conservative influencers are pushing for a return to the dark days of 1950s inquisitions.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
  • McCullum generally leaves in-match inquisitions to his loyal lieutenants, Marcus Trescothick and Jeetan Patel.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of inquisitions
Noun
  • Much existing research has had to rely on estimating which tasks could potentially be accomplished by AI, or indirect surveys rather than actual spending or usage records.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The committee’s valuations rest heavily on surveys in which surgeons estimate their own operating time.
    — Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of surveys
Noun
  • Not all agree — in interviews or responses to candidate questionnaires — on the top issue.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Supplemental questionnaires are add-on forms sometimes included as part of the application process.
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 July 2026
Definition of questionnaires
Noun
  • In a little over a hundred pages, Martin interlaces stark, brooding and intense descriptions of the encounter and her injuries with philosophical, even spiritual, explorations.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Lee says Carl Jung’s explorations of a person’s darker urges, hidden side and projection directly influenced the writing, especially when confronting those aspects in Lee himself.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of explorations
Noun
  • 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
  • Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.
    — Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026
Definition of researches
Noun
  • There will be an update on development studies at a meeting in October.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • What’s more, changing vaccine ingredients would require new studies, which would be costly and take years.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of studies
Noun
  • Becoming a therapist requires years of education, supervised practice, licensing examinations and often substantial student debt.
    — Wayne Lonstein, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • A number of projects deal with themes of displacement, migration and belonging, while examinations of aging and later life stages are also among the films receiving grants.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of examinations
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