CROSS-QUESTIONS Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cross-questions

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present tense third-person singular of cross-question

as in inquires (of)

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Using electrodes in its pull-up handle, the scale tracks more than 60 metrics, now including hypertension risk and how efficiently the heart pumps blood—a first for a home scale, according to Withings.

— Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Other pieces for Middleton’s Belfast look included a set of Gianvito Rossi pumps in black leather, along with a green Mulberry top-handle handbag.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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The Associated Press’ reporting on the return to analog experiences examines how people across generations are finding comfort and connection through tangible activities and older technologies.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Available as a Chrome or Microsoft Edge extension, Caveat examines responses and surfaces an overall assessment, key findings, important caveats, and points worth verifying.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

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Someone bombards you with a stack of un-asked for pages at a coffee date?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Kyiv urgently needs more interceptors before winter, when Russia routinely bombards its power grid, but the demands of the Iran war and slow output of the sophisticated interceptors have left Ukraine short and vulnerable.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

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