surveyed

past tense of survey
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as in interviewed
to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep

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Recent Examples of surveyed Last month, another UMBC poll showed 51% of those surveyed planned to vote for Moore, while 24% planned to vote for Cox. — CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 Yet workers surveyed by the NY Fed describe endless Zoom calls and Slacks, and little actual face time. — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026 When the Times/Siena team surveyed likely voters in late September, 49% favored Masterson and 44% favored Holscher, indicating a shift over the past month. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026 Sixty-one percent of likely Latino voters, and 57% of total voters surveyed, do not believe that having a Latino governor would reduce racial inequalities in the state. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 The retailer’s 2026 Youth Report, conducted in partnership with GlobalData, and surveyed more than 6,000 young people ages 11–24 across the United States. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026 One-third of workers surveyed experienced 15 major changes in the preceding year. — Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The Miami Herald surveyed pursuit policies from a dozen of the largest agencies in the state. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026 In Washington state, researchers with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project have surveyed six glaciers on Mount Baker during an annual summer trip. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveyed
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  • Kahn, who interviewed Nakira at the station, was struck by her affect.
    — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Van Meter spent time in Kardashian’s homes, accompanied her to photo shoots, watched her conduct business and interviewed dozens of people from across her life.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • The little prior research on any sort of relationship between voting in the United States and living longer largely examined how health status might predict later voting behaviors, Handy said.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
  • After more than two decades in space, the observatory examined over 2,000 GRBs and more than 1,400 supernovae.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Only one, when scanned by the animal control officers, had a microchip.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Voters in Westchester County, New York, reported experiencing problems getting their paper ballots scanned at polling sites.
    — Justin Papp,Caleigh Keating,Garrett Downs,Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Reporters also reviewed dozens of private Facebook group posts, WhatsApp messages, and other communications among women seeking MRT, as well as business filings, clinic licenses, and client contracts.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Behind the scenes, Muse uses a collection of digital notes and instructions to guide its personality, actions and memory, all of which can be reviewed, edited and deleted.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Regulators inspected his clinic less than two weeks after the story ran on June 7.
    — Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The man then alerted local archaeological authorities, who inspected the site and uncovered the remains of two statues during subsequent excavations, ministry officials said.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
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  • Steven’s last-minute decision promises to shake up a race that is widely viewed as crucial to Republicans’ hopes of retaining control of the upper chamber.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Both of Bisignano’s emails prompted online complaints from people who viewed them as blatantly political messages from agencies that are supposed to be nonpartisan.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

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“Surveyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveyed. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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