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 Half of those surveyed said just a one-week delay in pay would cause a major financial hardship. Dan Avery, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 It's been 17 years since Byers surveyed glacial lakes in the Himalayas and ran into a television crew just after crossing an 18,000-foot pass. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Benevity, which provides corporate giving and volunteering technology, surveyed 420 corporate impact professionals for its latest State of Corporate Purpose report. Scott M. Curran, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 For years, league executives have informally surveyed players about how to fix the Pro Bowl. Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Frankfort police Chief Leanne Chelepis surveyed Will County communities who have solved crimes using Flock cameras. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Earlier polling showed Donalds beating Jolly by 5 points, according to the RealClearPolitics average of two polls that surveyed voters on a hypothetical matchup between the two front-runners. Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2026 Concerns about smoke shops near schools Youth Forward Executive Director Tasha Johnson said some of the businesses surveyed are located close to schools. James Taylor, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Industry and audiences, focus groups, forums, interviews and analysis have been surveyed locally and internationally and new research has been produced. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Democratic strategists interviewed by the Washington Examiner largely dismissed the idea that Ossoff’s Jewish identity itself would present an obstacle.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The teacher was one of several interviewed for this story who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of being punished or fired for speaking out on the topic.
    Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • Khan’s lawyers and family have also accused the government of defying a court order that required him to be examined at the private Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • These cases represent a fraction of the unidentified victims whose remains have been examined over the years.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • The Fayetteville, North Carolina, superstar scanned the T-Mobile Center, pointing out a few contenders.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Receipts and job sheets can be scanned to import billing information, reducing manual data entry.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • IndieWire has reviewed screenshots of the Kingsway account repeatedly mocking Adeliyi’s career as recently as last week.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Parton’s secrets and legacy were captured in a new biography that came out earlier this year, which The Times reviewed here.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • Sam Garcia, a Mexican American rancher and scientist who raises cattle in Sonora, told CNN that any livestock entering the US will be inspected numerous times for screwworm before being dipped in a chemical bath.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • More than 100 critical product parameters are inspected and tracked during production.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • When viewed in person, however, the midsection and backside can look slabby, flat, and abrupt from certain angles.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Benioff said the numbers show that AI is strengthening rather than cannibalizing the business, pointing to the very companies once viewed as a threat to traditional software-as-a-service, or SaaS.
    Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Surveyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveyed. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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