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 According to a 2024 Chicago Council on Global Affairs poll, just 19 percent of those surveyed expressed concern about foreign threats. Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026 As City surveyed the market for forward options last week, several sources familiar with Alvarez’s situation indicated that his former side monitored developments to see whether a return would be possible, but did not receive any encouragement. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 While half of Gen-Z use AI weekly, 48% of young working people now believe the risks of AI outweigh the benefits, and 44% of Gen-Z workers (subscription required) surveyed in one report admit to actively resisting their companies' AI efforts. Michael Chavira, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 In 2023, the British restaurant ordering and payment platform Slerp surveyed 100 people and found more than 60% couldn’t tell if different images of food were authentic photographs or AI-generated. David MacK, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 The group surveyed over 2,000 people, ages 14-24, and a majority cited a sensitivity to how their beliefs were portrayed on-screen. William Earl, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 According to the report, which surveyed more than 500 delivery operators, the median year-over-year increase in cost per delivery was 12 percent in 2026, matching the 12 percent increase recorded in 2025. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026 Half of those surveyed said just a one-week delay in pay would cause a major financial hardship. Dan Avery, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 It's been 17 years since Byers surveyed glacial lakes in the Himalayas and ran into a television crew just after crossing an 18,000-foot pass. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • Like all other alumni interviewed for this story, one of the first things Oberlander mentioned about her love for Killian was athletics — football games in particular.
    Austin Horn August 29, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Kavanagh and Kieran Smith were interviewed, and their complaints were not substantiated.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
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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
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  • Scientists gave participants blind taste tests, then scanned their brains during tastings.
    Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Woodland’s cameras have scanned more than 392,000 license plates in the past 30 days, according to the department’s transparency website.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • Two hydrocodone pills were later found in Woods’ pocket, according to an arrest affidavit released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office and reviewed by The Athletic.
    Bob Harkins, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Again, police reviewed surveillance and spoke with witnesses as Crowder was moving back and forth between stores, Pobokhian said.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
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  • One of the people who saw and inspected the impressive whitetail was veteran tribal conservation officer Bill Bailey from Honor, Michigan.
    Richard P. Smith, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Following Hawley’s death in 2022, state officials told Six Flags to immediately shut down X2 and leave it in its current condition so it could be inspected.
    Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
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  • While Google's position in AI is viewed as tenuous by some market experts, the ad business keeps on humming along, growing 14% in the latest quarter.
    MacKenzie Sigalos,Drew Troast, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Grose said any messaging of socialism or communism in the race stands to benefit Matsui, who will be viewed as the more moderate option despite a long career in alignment with the Democratic Party.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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

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