Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-question
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According to a probable-cause affidavit obtained by NJ.com, troopers performing a load securement check asked to examine how the tractor-trailer’s doors were sealed.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
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
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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
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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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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
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Officers interrogate, fine, and even arrest people suspected of posting offensive or harmful content online.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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Consumers are besieged nearly every day about some news about Elon Musk’s latest moves at the Department of Government Efficiency to gain access to government records that contain sensitive personal data, including Social Security numbers.—
Susan Tompor,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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The series, which also stars Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten and Deanna Allison, follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (McClarnon), Jim Chee (Gordon) and Bernadette Manuelito (Matten) of the Navajo Tribal Police solving mysteries on their reservation as it is besieged by increasingly violent crimes in the 1970s.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2025
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Jason Kelce, the former Eagles center turned ESPN analyst, asked how Travis made his decision to return to KC.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2025
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That move set off a heated week between the prosecutors in the case and the Department of Justice — with several Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office lawyers resigning from their posts after being asked to put their weight behind a formal request to dismiss the case.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Cross-question.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-question. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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