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noun

Definition of grillingnext
as in cross-examination

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verb

present participle of grill
1
as in interrogating
to put a series of questions to police grilled the suspect, but had to release him when it became clear he didn't have the information they were looking for

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2
as in asking
to put a question or questions to grilled the children about her ex-husband's new girlfriend

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grilling
  1. cross-examination
  2. asking
  3. challenge
  4. questioning
  5. survey
  6. examining
  7. quiz
  8. questionnaire
Noun
  • On cross-examination, Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur drilled down on Wier Vaught’s history as a top Madigan aide, asking whether she was often seen on the House floor.
    Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • During a roughly 10-minute cross-examination of Lynch, Campbell emphasized the limitations of the professor’s study, noting that the questions posed to the survey respondents are different than what a real-life jury would be told.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of cross-examination
Verb
  • The key to staying relevant is to start asking questions and preparing for the future now.
    Nirmal Chhabria, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Consider routinely walking up to your staff’s desks and openly asking if there is anything your team could do better.
    Phillimon Zongo, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of asking
Noun
  • As another challenge, wind gusts are up to 60 mph and expected to resume.
    Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Carter suffered the rare indignity of a powerful challenge from within his party mounted by Sen. Ted Kennedy and lost his reelection in a sweeping landslide to incoming President Ronald Reagan.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of challenge
Verb
  • Despite more positive reports in previous months, concerns remain about the economic outlook, leaving policymakers and businesses questioning whether the downturn in confidence will translate to slower growth in 2024.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Singing on the beach under the stars may not stop people (or me) from questioning the legitimacy of my Asian identity, but these moments bond me to the community and culture of my grandparents.
    Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of questioning
Noun
  • Internal affairs officials told the station brass, who sent surveys to a few dozen deputies asking whether the image was the symbol of a deputy gang or subgroup — and the deputies all said no.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The team administered surveys to students, staff and parents about bullying and conflict management in preparation for the program and a pair of second- through fifth-grade assemblies.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of survey
Verb
  • Investigators are examining bird strikes, whether any of the aircraft's control systems were disabled, and the apparent rush by the pilots to attempt a landing soon after declaring an emergency as possible factors in the crash, fire and transportation officials have said.
    Ju-min Park and Hongji Kim, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The authors came by their number after examining scientific papers about human feats of speed, then applying methods from the field of information theory to calculate how quickly the brain processes thoughts in these situations.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of examining
Noun
  • This week’s literary geography quiz highlights international detective characters cracking cases in their home cities.
    J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Channel 4’s long-running Countdown quiz has crowned its first female champion in an astonishing 26 years.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of quiz
Noun
  • The mothers were asked to complete sleep questionnaires when their children were 6, 12, 24 and 36 months old.
    Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The reviewers also sent a questionnaire to each company, but only xAI and the Chinese company Zhipu AI (which currently has the most capable Chinese-language LLM) filled theirs out, boosting those two companies’ scores for transparency.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of questionnaire
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