cross-examine

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-examine
Verb
  • Susan Zirinsky, a former CBS News president, will continue to examine standards at the news division on an interim basis, McMahon said.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Breast biopsy: Your provider may take a tissue sample to examine the cells under a microscope.
    Carrie Madormo, RN, Health, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Star-Telegram reported in January 1912 that immigration agent I. B. Lewis and police spent a Saturday interrogating north side immigrants.
    Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In the past two weeks, in town halls across the country, crowds have interrogated and booed Republican lawmakers for Trump and Musk’s budget cuts and the havoc that has come with them.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Episode 2 of The Kardashians Season 6 will feature Kardashian attending the 2024 Met Gala, where she was bombarded by reporters asking about her appearance on the Netflix comedy special.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
  • In essence, the firm allegedly bombarded ChatGPT with questions, tracked the answers, and used those results to train its own models.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Cross-examine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-examine. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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