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as in asked
to put a question or questions to
quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class
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as in interrogated
to put a series of questions to
hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements
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Recent Examples of quizzed
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.
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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
Egan quizzed the custodian on the relationship.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
All of the participants are new-vehicle owners, and they're quizzed at 90 days of ownership.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The new show sequestered contestants for 90 days in upstate New York and quizzed them on whether news headlines were real or fake.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The actors quizzed each other in a Vanity Fair game posted on YouTube.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Hassan quizzed Kennedy on what Medicare Part A, B and C cover.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 30 Jan. 2025
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
Egan quizzed the custodian on the relationship.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
All of the participants are new-vehicle owners, and they're quizzed at 90 days of ownership.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
The new show sequestered contestants for 90 days in upstate New York and quizzed them on whether news headlines were real or fake.
—Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
The actors quizzed each other in a Vanity Fair game posted on YouTube.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Hassan quizzed Kennedy on what Medicare Part A, B and C cover.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 30 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quizzed
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The Bucks did exactly what Antetokounmpo asked, playing the Warriors tough all night and eventually pulling out a win behind a career-high 32 points from Ryan Rollins.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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Morelli also corresponded with the man obtaining the videos for him and asked that the torture of the animals be prolonged in subsequent videos, according to a copy of the indictment filed in the case and obtained by PEOPLE.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Soon enough, their unexpected romance is tested by opposition from their families, with Sasan getting an offer to practice medicine in Germany and Layla being arrested, imprisoned and brutally interrogated for being a Baha’i woman seeking an education.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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“Quizzed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quizzed. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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