1
as in to ask
to put a question or questions to
interrogated him about where he'd gone the night before
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2
as in to examine
to put a series of questions to
police interrogated the murder suspect for hours on end
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Recent Examples of interrogate
It was generally considered antipatriotic and morbid to interrogate the official account.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Griffin pushes Citadel to interrogate its methods and break industry precedent.
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Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
This isn’t See’s first time digging through archives to interrogate the truth of the place where her great-grandparents Fong See and Letticie Pruett settled in 1897.
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Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
The scene moves inside the shadowy building, where Nero and Rocco interrogate a fellow feline about missing tuna.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Griffin pushes Citadel to interrogate its methods and break industry precedent.
—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
This isn’t See’s first time digging through archives to interrogate the truth of the place where her great-grandparents Fong See and Letticie Pruett settled in 1897.
—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
The scene moves inside the shadowy building, where Nero and Rocco interrogate a fellow feline about missing tuna.
—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogate
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When asked about his All-Star nod over the weekend, Joe Ryan focused on his team’s offense and the upcoming schedule instead of himself.
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Darnell didn’t have an answer when asked if Acuff, Clifford and Cardwell will play against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday in the final game of the California Classic.
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Apple examines each application and each update of every third-party app, and if these don’t meet Apple’s definition of acceptable, then they are not allowed to be installed.
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These agencies examine the water in comparison to contamination thresholds to determine if the area is swimmable.
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Buchhorn’s conviction was overturned in 2021, after the Court of Appeals of Kansas found Buchhorn’s defense did not sufficiently question Erik Mitchell of Frontier Forensics Midwest, an independent contractor who performed Oliver’s autopsy.
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Trump has routinely teased the possibility of seeking a third term since returning to office and openly questioned whether he would be allowed to do so.
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“Interrogate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogate. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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