questionnaire

noun

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as in survey
a written set of questions that are given to people in order to collect facts or opinions about something Would you please fill out this questionnaire?

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Recent Examples of questionnaire Researchers assessed participants’ diets using detailed food questionnaires over six years and measured three blood biomarkers that are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of brain injury. — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 Feeding sensitive security and infrastructure details into third-party tools also creates a new exposure surface that has to be governed as carefully as the data those questionnaires are meant to protect. — Pukar Hamal, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 For the federal trial, hundreds of prospective jurors from Manhattan, the Bronx and New York City's northern suburbs will fill out questionnaires in December. — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 June 2026 Compared with platforms that emphasize community groups or compatibility questionnaires, OurTime focuses primarily on helping older adults browse profiles, discover potential matches, and communicate with other members in a straightforward format. — Matthew Kayser updated July 6, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for questionnaire
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  • Kai Poma plans to conduct cultural and archaeological resource studies and environmental surveys and then prepare a resource management plan for the property, according to planning documents.
    — Alex Wigglesworth Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
  • Kyle de Bruin, managing director at workplace research firm Leesman, said his firm’s surveys of roughly 100 to 130 large companies back this data up.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 5 July 2026
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“Questionnaire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/questionnaire. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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