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a written set of questions that are given to people in order to collect facts or opinions about something
Would you please fill out this questionnaire?
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Recent Examples of questionnaires
To measure intake of regular coffee, decaf coffee and tea, participants completed diet questionnaires every two to four years.
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Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
The Dallas Morning News sent questionnaires to candidates who provided the answers included here.
—Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
The viral bit last week about essays and questionnaires was perhaps a bit overblown, but there are kernels of truth in there, too.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The study, involving 11,000 dementia-free people, required participants to fill out food questionnaires while undergoing cognitive testing.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Clonan, who teaches young dental students, now suggests dentists add questions about marijuana use to the medical questionnaires that patients fill out during intake.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
The team then conducted interviews, collected food diaries, and asked the patients questionnaires to calculate how much of each dairy product people ate per day.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Patients completed neurological assessments, cognitive tests, and questionnaires about their quality of life.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The transcript revealed the majority of questions were about how the prospective jurors answered questionnaires, which were mailed to them weeks earlier and designed to allow both sides to pick an unbiased jury.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Lindsey Leake, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
The Dallas Morning News sent questionnaires to candidates who provided the answers included here.
—Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
The viral bit last week about essays and questionnaires was perhaps a bit overblown, but there are kernels of truth in there, too.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The study, involving 11,000 dementia-free people, required participants to fill out food questionnaires while undergoing cognitive testing.
—Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Clonan, who teaches young dental students, now suggests dentists add questions about marijuana use to the medical questionnaires that patients fill out during intake.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
The team then conducted interviews, collected food diaries, and asked the patients questionnaires to calculate how much of each dairy product people ate per day.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Patients completed neurological assessments, cognitive tests, and questionnaires about their quality of life.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Dec. 2025
The transcript revealed the majority of questions were about how the prospective jurors answered questionnaires, which were mailed to them weeks earlier and designed to allow both sides to pick an unbiased jury.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for questionnaires
surveys
Noun
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The direction of the damage is key to determining the type of system, which is why damage surveys done by the National Weather Service are crucial, according to Jennifer Dunn, warning coordination meteorologist at the Fort Worth office.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Feb. 2026
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The index, based on consumer surveys, dates to 2007.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Questionnaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/questionnaires. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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