surveyed

past tense of survey
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as in interviewed
to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep

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Recent Examples of surveyed In Washington state, researchers with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project have surveyed six glaciers on Mount Baker during an annual summer trip. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 Only 22% of leaders surveyed did not feel personally equipped—emotionally, cognitively and physically—to lead effectively under conditions of prolonged uncertainty. — Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Among teachers surveyed by Gallup, 34% supported a daily time maximum for students using learning devices. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 In the annual campus free speech rankings conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, only three of the 15 California public institutions surveyed made into the top half of the 262 universities ranked this year. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026 There is far less pronounced agreement on restarting peace talks with the Palestinians; three-quarters of those surveyed rejected the idea. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 Only about 21% of residents surveyed for the health assessment said there were enough well-paying jobs locally. — Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026 Despite the potential for turbulence caused by the midterms, the financial advisers surveyed recommend staying the course. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Together, the findings suggest that the political changes following Maduro’s removal and Washington’s expanding economic relationship with Caracas have yet to produce improvements that many of those surveyed can recognize in their everyday lives. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveyed
Verb
  • Kahn, who interviewed Nakira at the station, was struck by her affect.
    — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Van Meter spent time in Kardashian’s homes, accompanied her to photo shoots, watched her conduct business and interviewed dozens of people from across her life.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • Generally, most households struggled more financially during the period examined, regardless of political representation, as median costs rose by 33 percent, while median incomes rose only 28 percent.
    — Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • To determine whether Decipher could help guide that decision, researchers examined test scores from more than 27,000 patients in real-world data and 401 men with non-metastatic prostate cancer who had participated in the STAMPEDE abiraterone trial.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • Early Sunday morning, near the Place de la République, a part-time crossing guard named Joëlle, 71, scanned the wreckage along the Boulevard Voltaire from a bench, holding her shaggy shepherd mix, Pollux, on a leash.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Yet before the crows could be digitally designed, they were sculpted, and the character department built different parts of the crow — feathers, beaks, eyes and feet — to be scanned.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Behind the scenes, Muse uses a collection of digital notes and instructions to guide its personality, actions and memory, all of which can be reviewed, edited and deleted.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Each project will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, Rhoads said.
    — Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
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  • The Sultan and King Charles inspected the Guard before all five royals viewed a military parade.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Animals within that zone must be inspected and, if necessary, treated before being moved.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Purges of officials -- including some viewed as his political rivals -- have been carried out on a scale that led critics to argue the campaign was also used to consolidate his power.
    — KANIS LEUNG, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Nowhere was his balancing act viewed more extremely than with Ukraine.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

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