INTERVIEWED Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

interviewed

verb

past tense of interview

as in surveyed

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information a reporter at the scene interviewing witnesses to the explosion

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Recent Examples of interviewed To prepare, the team interviewed many people working in the region. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 The Broncos considered and interviewed Harbaugh during their 2023 head coaching search, although Harbaugh ultimately decided to return to the University of Michigan for another season. — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Knight, who wrote the film’s framing structure and interviewed the band at length, explained that part of the appeal of the project was that the results were far from expected. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 The Times interviewed the courier, who asked not to be named for his safety. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The shared affinity was clear in the celebration, as Mesa sprayed Cash with alcohol, and Vilade and Erik Neander, the team’s president of baseball operations, embraced while Vilade was interviewed. — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 They were detained and interviewed as part of the investigation. — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 ProPublica reviewed a trove of evidence gathered by the FBI and thousands of pages of legal records, and interviewed dozens of people familiar with Navatek, its Washington operations and the FBI inquiry to conduct our own investigation. — Katie Nixdorf, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2026 Fever security interviewed the fan and witnesses and found no Fan Code of Conduct violation. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

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Susanna hung to a strap in the crowded car, and critically surveyed the seated crowd spreading just below, from which no one had separated and individualized himself by giving her a seat.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
The results also differed markedly depending on the wealth of the country surveyed.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026

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