as in surveying
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 interviewing
Investigators are now in the process of interviewing family members and others connected to the case, Salame said.
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Trooper Rich Matas remembers interviewing Hopkins the day of Janet's murder.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Latifi, who has spent years interviewing influencer parents and children as well as researchers who are concerned about the practice’s effects, stops short of such inquiry.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
Ditto Jeffrey Wright as a reporter interviewing Baranov.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
However, the only punishment on record came in 2003 when Detroit was fined $200,000 for hiring Steve Mariucci before interviewing a minority candidate.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
The House Oversight Committee is interviewing high-level officials as part of its probe into Epstein and the federal government's handling of the Epstein investigation.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 May 2026
Letterman played the clip from Everybody’s in LA that found Mulaney interviewing Michael Jackson’s Bubbles the chimp.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Top performers start quietly interviewing elsewhere.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Trooper Rich Matas remembers interviewing Hopkins the day of Janet's murder.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Latifi, who has spent years interviewing influencer parents and children as well as researchers who are concerned about the practice’s effects, stops short of such inquiry.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026
Ditto Jeffrey Wright as a reporter interviewing Baranov.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
However, the only punishment on record came in 2003 when Detroit was fined $200,000 for hiring Steve Mariucci before interviewing a minority candidate.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
The House Oversight Committee is interviewing high-level officials as part of its probe into Epstein and the federal government's handling of the Epstein investigation.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 May 2026
Letterman played the clip from Everybody’s in LA that found Mulaney interviewing Michael Jackson’s Bubbles the chimp.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Top performers start quietly interviewing elsewhere.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interviewing
surveying
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The device was discovered Wednesday by divers surveying the Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile County for routine repair and maintenance, prompting a notification to the sheriff’s office and a multi-agency response, including the FBI, according to the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS).—
Diego Mendoza,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Researchers spent three weeks surveying the area and collected specimens of the fish now known as Solenostomus snuffleupagus.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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“Interviewing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interviewing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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