as in inquirer
a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information
had no time for an interviewer who wanted to ask me about my phone service
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Recent Examples of interviewer
In 1982, DuMont left CBS Chicago for WTTW-Channel 11 after catching the attention of that station's master interviewer and talk show host John Callaway.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
The funnyman also displayed his still-sharp sense of humor, when an interviewer asks him in the video to close his eyes and think about all the people that have meant something to him over the course of his life.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 13 Dec. 2025
In preparation for his final match, Cena has done the rounds with interviews over the course of the last week, most recently talking with a pro wrestling enthusiast and entertainment interviewer, Chris Van Vliet.
—Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Many of the government’s critics were not shy in their remarks with our interviewers.
—Salma Al-Shami, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025
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Bondi arrived armed with personal attacks against individual Democratic senators and lobbed them at her questioners when pressed on a range of topics.—
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The bullet passed near his team members and the questioner standing directly in front of him.—
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More broadly, 61% of survey respondents said the country was moving in the wrong direction, marking a 7-point increase since the pollsters last asked the question in March.—
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His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby can be heard here.—
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“Interviewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interviewer. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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