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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Verb
  • Like all other alumni interviewed for this story, one of the first things Oberlander mentioned about her love for Killian was athletics — football games in particular.
    Austin Horn August 29, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Kavanagh and Kieran Smith were interviewed, and their complaints were not substantiated.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
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  • Voter records will next be examined in DuPage County, then Kendall and Will counties.
    Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Safety is tops in Tampa, with the 19th-lowest property crime rate among cities examined by WalletHub.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 31 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
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  • 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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  • One of the people who saw and inspected the impressive whitetail was veteran tribal conservation officer Bill Bailey from Honor, Michigan.
    Richard P. Smith, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Following Hawley’s death in 2022, state officials told Six Flags to immediately shut down X2 and leave it in its current condition so it could be inspected.
    Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 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 2 Sep. 2026.

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