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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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as in examined
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition
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Recent Examples of surveyed
That's right, a report from Zillow last year—which surveyed 4,200 recent and prospective home buyers around the country—reveals that certain paint colors can help your house sell for more.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
Sixty percent of millennials think winning the lottery is a reasonable retirement plan, and 18% of all those surveyed are basing their retirement plans on hopes of hitting the jackpot someday.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
The Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll surveyed 2,560 US adults on April 24-28, using a nationally representative panel.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
That’s well below the 214,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The average score of all 180 countries and territories that were surveyed has never been so low, RSF said.
—CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
In 2024, City Colleges of Chicago surveyed its students and found that 50% of respondents across the community college system identified as food insecure.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Changes to school lunches These school nutrition directors were surveyed in October 2025, and since then, additional factors may threaten the robustness of school lunch programs.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
For the first time, a majority of students surveyed opposed allowing any of the controversial speakers FIRE asked about, across the political spectrum.
—Jason Jewell, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
Sixty percent of millennials think winning the lottery is a reasonable retirement plan, and 18% of all those surveyed are basing their retirement plans on hopes of hitting the jackpot someday.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
The Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll surveyed 2,560 US adults on April 24-28, using a nationally representative panel.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
That’s well below the 214,000 new applications analysts surveyed by the data firm FactSet were expecting.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
The average score of all 180 countries and territories that were surveyed has never been so low, RSF said.
—CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
In 2024, City Colleges of Chicago surveyed its students and found that 50% of respondents across the community college system identified as food insecure.
—Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Changes to school lunches These school nutrition directors were surveyed in October 2025, and since then, additional factors may threaten the robustness of school lunch programs.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
For the first time, a majority of students surveyed opposed allowing any of the controversial speakers FIRE asked about, across the political spectrum.
—Jason Jewell, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveyed
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Fontanez interviewed Obama in 2024 while giving him a haircut—a conversation that got more than twenty-four million views on TikTok.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Mayor, the Deputy Mayor involved in tourism, even the marketing agency working with the city each declined our request to be interviewed.—
Seth Doane,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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The bulletin examined nutrition in common foods (especially meat, bread, and milk), explained how the body uses food as fuel, outlined dietary standards, and considered the economy of food, food waste, and connections between food and health.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Innlandet County Municipality Experts at the University of Oslo's Museum of Cultural History examined the coins and said most of them originated in England and Germany, although some came from Denmark and Norway.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Fulton County has also confirmed that some ballots were scanned multiple times during the recount.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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The shelter encouraged people who find stray dogs to make other arrangements to find their owners, such as posting fliers or taking them to a veterinarian to be scanned for a microchip.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The vast majority of the hospital guardianship petitions reviewed for the Tribune’s investigation involved people with little money who were placed with the Office of State Guardian at the hospitals’ expense, rather than under a private guardian or a county public guardian like Golbert.—
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 May 2026
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Vessels docked at the harbor’s roughly 900 slips are inspected at least every three years, Ravitch said.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Event staff inspected bags carried by guests.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Many other businesses considered similar moves, spooking the state's lawmakers, as Delaware, despite being a heavily Democratic state, has long been viewed as a haven for business.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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Moore is viewed as a hybrid linebacker, edge rusher.—
Omar Kelly
May 1,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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