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interviewee

[in-ter-vyoo-ee, in-ter-vyoo-ee] / ˈɪn tər vjuˌi, ˌɪn tər vjuˈi /
NOUN
one who is interviewed
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The surprise star of the film is John Waters, a very funny interviewee whose close friendship with Oliver had a sort of opposites-attract logic: The pope of trash meets the poet of nature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Odds swung whenever a new Bessent interviewee was revealed and whenever the president made an offhand comment on any potential nominee.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

During the protest, Lemon said that he was not associated with the demonstrators, but was present as a member of the press after he followed an interviewee into the church.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

Her first interviewee stutters, “Uh, heaven, heaven is, uh, um, let me see.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

I was very confused about why the window was set up in such a way that the human connection was lost between the interviewer and the interviewee.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

One of the best interviewees throughout the book is former speechwriter and current Journal columnist William McGurn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

As a journalist who has covered North Korea, it has often been easier for me to contact interviewees in Pyongyang than it is in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The interviewees cared little for the politicians they are paid to support.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

He weaves the stories together with musicians from perennially imperiled New Orleans performing for his interviewees at a “welcome table” on a levee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

He found it mildly interesting that almost all of the interviewees said that of all the places in the world, they—just like Lindsey Lee Wells—would want to stay in Gutshot.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green



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