CROSS-QUESTIONED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cross-questioned

verb

past tense of cross-question

as in examined

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Voter records will next be examined in DuPage County, then Kendall and Will counties.

— Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Safety is tops in Tampa, with the 19th-lowest property crime rate among cities examined by WalletHub.

— Medora Lee, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of examined

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An interesting collective approach to American history was PRX Productions’ provocative series Monumental, in which features by a range of independent producers interrogated the history as reflected in public monuments.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Back in 1985 in the Soviet Union, Merryl Goldberg was interrogated by the KGB three times, briefly kidnapped by the state security agency twice and put under house arrest once.

— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

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In recent months, Israeli settlers have repeatedly besieged the village of Qusra, defying orders from the authorities to leave the area and trying to force Palestinian families, some of whom are also American citizens, out.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
There has been a spate of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and the village of Qusra has been besieged by Israeli settlers for weeks.

— F. Brinley Bruton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of besieged

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Sanft asked jurors if there was any evidence that Davis had ever called the shots before or after the shooting.

— Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Anyone with information about this incident who has not already spoken to police is asked to contact Officer David Kaes or Officer Kevin Alexander at (970) 221-6540.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

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