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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
Many companies and industries are clearly overwhelmed by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence—with a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology paper suggesting that 95% of generative AI pilot programs had failed among the dozens of companies the researchers surveyed.
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Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Perseverance rover surveyed the river valley after finding the sample to better understand the environment where the rocks were deposited and determine how the leopard spots may have formed, Hurowitz said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Less than half of those surveyed by Kyodo News in 2015 considered Japan an aggressor in World War II, down from 56% in 1994.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The group of those surveyed included 502 baby boomers who are age 61 and older.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Of the 162 students surveyed, FIRE reported students' comfort in expressing ideas had one of the largest year-over-year swings ever, jumping from the bottom 25 to the top 25.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Companies will be surveyed through December.
—Bob Helbig, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The personal services industry, for example, had the lowest adoption rate of the sectors surveyed and had an unchanged employment rate.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The poll surveyed 1,000 Democratic and Democratic-leaning independent voters from August 22 to August 24.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Perseverance rover surveyed the river valley after finding the sample to better understand the environment where the rocks were deposited and determine how the leopard spots may have formed, Hurowitz said.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Less than half of those surveyed by Kyodo News in 2015 considered Japan an aggressor in World War II, down from 56% in 1994.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The group of those surveyed included 502 baby boomers who are age 61 and older.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Of the 162 students surveyed, FIRE reported students' comfort in expressing ideas had one of the largest year-over-year swings ever, jumping from the bottom 25 to the top 25.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Companies will be surveyed through December.
—Bob Helbig, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The personal services industry, for example, had the lowest adoption rate of the sectors surveyed and had an unchanged employment rate.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The poll surveyed 1,000 Democratic and Democratic-leaning independent voters from August 22 to August 24.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveyed
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An ace interviewer, she has also often been interviewed on radio and TV shows.—
Laura Manske,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Diane Brady is an award-winning business journalist and author who has interviewed newsmakers worldwide and often speaks about the global business landscape.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The new footage proved to be crucial in both the Right of Review hearing and the subsequent hearing that re-examined the incident.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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At a nearby hospital, after a doctor examined her wounds and tested her for a concussion, investigators snapped photos of the bruises on her face.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Claude scanned thousands of systems and identified weak points.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Is this event also a way to make World and the Orb feel more approachable and less intimidating to the public, especially those skeptical of getting their eyes scanned?—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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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 WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Sanders denies his company made tianeptine products, though another former employee also claims in court documents that Shaman Botanicals sold tianeptine, and FDA reports reviewed by The Star list Shaman Botanicals as a distributor of a tianeptine product that was later recalled.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
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SeaTac is one of the first facilities inspected under the Act, and its findings may set the tone for what is uncovered nationwide.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The 2024 report is based on information from 77,688 containers inspected, where 8,850 were found to have deficiencies.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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The made for television film was groundbreaking at the time and is widely viewed as one of the first nuanced portrayals of a gay parent on TV.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Politicians from high-tax states viewed the provisions as a direct attack on their constituents.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Surveyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveyed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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