quizzing

verb

present participle of quiz
1
as in asking
to put a question or questions to quickly quizzed her about the assignment before heading off to class

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2
as in interrogating
to put a series of questions to hated the way those relatives would quiz me about my partner and our living arrangements

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Recent Examples of quizzing Indeed, the movie opens with Ed quizzing an older Greek man he’s befriended on the Belgian designer Ann Demeulemeester, before berating him for confusing his Bottega Veneta loafers for Sebago. — CNN Money, 17 July 2026 Prosecutors spent the start of George’s testimony quizzing him on the organizational structure of the sheriff’s office, as well as how internal affairs investigations play out. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026 The Tennessee Titans went back to the streets quizzing random people in their schedule reveal in a twist to the team’s 2023 schedule reveal. — Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026 The talk was impassioned and wide-ranging, with Wood, a longtime del Toro interlocutor, quizzing the filmmaker on everything from his childhood in Guadalajara, Mexico, to his passion for design and scrapbooking. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 May 2026 Though the biggest payoff came away from the drills — sitting down for dinner with top prospects, quizzing them in the classroom, getting to know them away from the field, talking to the people at those colleges who knew them best. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026 Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s been quizzing his members on which strategy to pursue, Republicans said. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026 At that meeting, the documents said, Merchant used a napkin and other objects to depict various assassination scenarios, quizzing Ali on how a target might be killed in each. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 Every year since 2003, the umbrella organization for quizzing outfits around the globe has put on the granddaddy of knowledge competitions. — Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quizzing
  1. asking
  2. interrogating
  3. questioning
  4. examining
Verb
  • According to a new report from Axios, Rogers met with AIPAC’s Board Chair Michael Tuchin as the former congressman’s allies have been asking AIPAC to roll back its advertising in support of his Senate campaign.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Now, some workers are chasing a seven-figure career, asking, Which jobs pay the most?
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of asking
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  • Fort Worth house The episode opens with Kyle (Thad Luckinbill) interrogating Oleksandra (Elizaveta Neretin) about the attack at Joe’s house.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Animals Soul Blind Larissa Diakiw On interrogating fear and what bats can teach about human connection.
    — Naomi Skwarna, hazlitt.net, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of interrogating
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  • McDonald, his black Atlanta Braves baseball cap folded and laid on the witness box, frequently shifted uncomfortably during questioning about the specific activities of other people involved in the gangs.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Warsh also declined, as is his policy, to provide forward guidance, leaving analysts questioning whether the central bank would follow through with hikes.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of questioning
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  • No headline metric currently in circulation captures that shift, which is precisely the problem worth examining.
    — Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • When speaking to lawmakers Monday, Mann said Department of Human Services staff are examining both fee-for-service Medicaid and managed care models as an eventual replacement for ARHOME.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of examining

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