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as in challenged
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
the teenager openly questioned the authority of the town's police force to impose a curfew on residents under the age of 18
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as in pondered
to give serious and careful thought to
question your motives before you file the lawsuit: do you really care about the trees, or are you just trying to harass the neighbors?
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as in doubted
to have no trust or confidence in
it was apparent that voters were questioning the President's ability to manage the economy
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as in asked
to put a question or questions to
the press should be allowed to question public officials about any matter of general interest
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as in examined
to put a series of questions to
the police questioned the suspect before deciding that there was insufficient evidence to hold him
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Recent Examples of questioned
The elements of my performance that have been questioned are quite clearly a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its forms.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
And, yes, this does create conflict when their intelligence is being questioned.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton said state lawmakers had questioned the safety and long-term effectiveness of hormone treatments.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Defense attorneys questioned whether the officers were properly trained.
—CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Though open to a bigger board, Mitchell and Barger have questioned the nine figure — why not seven?
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Confronted by a society that rejected her because of her appearance, Julia questioned her existence and was even studied by Charles Darwin.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Many people, including fire officials, have questioned why the crew was working in dry brush amid triple-digit temperatures.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
The public, however, still have their doubts, and some questioned whether or not Mizuhara was betting on Ohtani’s behalf.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
And, yes, this does create conflict when their intelligence is being questioned.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton said state lawmakers had questioned the safety and long-term effectiveness of hormone treatments.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Defense attorneys questioned whether the officers were properly trained.
—CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
Though open to a bigger board, Mitchell and Barger have questioned the nine figure — why not seven?
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Confronted by a society that rejected her because of her appearance, Julia questioned her existence and was even studied by Charles Darwin.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
Many people, including fire officials, have questioned why the crew was working in dry brush amid triple-digit temperatures.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
The public, however, still have their doubts, and some questioned whether or not Mizuhara was betting on Ohtani’s behalf.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for questioned
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The rule was initially set to go into effect in 2026, but has been delayed indefinitely as it is challenged in court.Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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From a relationship standpoint, Financial Services marketers will be challenged to build trust with younger buyers according to the panelists.Stephen Diorio, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Yet many of these same executives doubted their leaders' ability to rise to the occasion.Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Albert Einstein had predicted such waves a century ago, but it was long doubted that instrumentation sensitive enough to confirm their existence could ever be created.L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2017
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Wes Anderson, a Microsoft vice president who oversaw teams working with the Defense Department, asked his staff to prepare forecasts showing which customers were expected to become paying G5 users at the end of the White House Offer, three people who worked in sales told ProPublica.Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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Prosecutors asked Seeborg for a nine-year prison term.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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In 2018, European researchers developed a cervical screening powered by AI that examined 740 HIV positive women who regularly attended Kenya’s Kinondo Kwetu Health Center.Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Since then, a plethora of books, articles, true-crime shows and films have re-examined and relitigated the case.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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Collectives disputed internally or withered out of inactivity.Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
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Paramount Global disputed the central allegation in the lawsuit.Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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Viewers saw him being interrogated by the police about his father-in-law’s death.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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After receiving the tip, police launched an immediate investigation and encountered the parents of the children at a hotel in nearby Newton County, where the couple was interrogated, Wallace tells PEOPLE.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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Control of the Black Sea’s near waters has been contested throughout the centuries and has played a role in the current Russian-Ukraine war.Colin Flint, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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Each of the platforms has contested the SEC’s allegations, stipulating that tokens marketed and sold on their platforms don’t quality as securities that should be registered with the agency.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
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Indeed, neither Phillips nor Phoenix was sure about making a sequel, and for a time contemplated putting on a Broadway show instead, before ultimately committing to the movie.Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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In practice, the Bureau of Land Management only approved Gemini after the bureau’s local staff contemplated rejecting the project.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Questioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/questioned. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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