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verb

as in to survey
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 interview
Noun
Gwyneth Paltrow made a rare comment about her ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck during a recent interview with Amy Poehler. Emma Banks, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026 The following interview has been edited for length and clarity. Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
Investigators later interviewed the two surviving daughters, who were 6 and 9 at the time, and both allegedly said that their father had previously left them alone in the car, according to the complaint. Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025 Posel recalls his first time interviewing for a part-time position with the department in 1996 with Patrol Sergeant Lee Vague and Hering, who at the time was deputy chief. Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interview
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interview
Noun
  • Her brother shaved his head alongside her, while friends organized care packages, drove her to sessions and offered constant encouragement.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • His maiden first-class — let alone Test — century was confirmed with a tension-lancing scythe over midwicket in the final session, writes Dominic Fifield.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Skyscanner, in partnership with OnePoll, an international market research company, surveyed 22,000 travelers from June to July 2025.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Click on a specific matchup that interests you to survey the options.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This season is all about polish meeting performance, with sculptural silhouettes, cozy textures, and sneakers made for all-day, everyday wear.
    Erica Paige, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The last meeting happened in the NFC championship game in the 2022 season, where the Eagles defeated the Niners 31-7 before falling to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII.
    Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • During the keynote, Atlas autonomously rose from a flat position using a non-human joint-flipping maneuver, highlighting the full rotational freedom of its joints before interacting with the audience.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
  • His version of vulnerability, letting the audience get to know him.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The 17th annual show, which lands at Orange County Convention Center Friday-Sunday with more than 100,000 square feet of space, offers a chance to talk with vendors, ask for advice, shop for edible goods, participate in workshops and seek inspiration for home and garden projects.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Earlier this year, the theater opened the SPARK CENTER for the Performing Arts, 2,750-square-foot space at 1009 Waukegan Road where arts education classes, camps and workshops are offered for children and adults.
    Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In a conversation last season, Barkley said his top five running backs of all time were Barry Sanders, Faulk, Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith, and Adrian Peterson.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Megan Thee Stallion at Weekend One of Coachella Megan Thee Stallion’s Coachella set on April 13, 2025, was a convocation of Black womanhood and a celebration of lineage.
    Essence, Essence, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Moreover, despite Protestant church ministers migrating to Ulster to convert the native Irish to the Protestant faith, and a national convocation of the church issuing new articles against Catholics, the Catholic Church in Ireland continued to grow in strength.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025

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“Interview.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interview. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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