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Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigative
Adjective
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The clothing at the presentation was subversive and exploratory.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
22 June 2025 -
As Bernstein emphasizes, the retail giants are in an exploratory phase.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Sadly, the label would have none of that experimental nonsense.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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For investors, this represents both opportunity and risk, but the institutional validation is real—BlackRock doesn't deploy billions into experimental technologies.—
Anastasia Chernikova,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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But there were negligible to small associations with the other developmental outcomes including social-emotional, cognitive, language and physical maturation.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
16 June 2025
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The Magic didn’t need to add more developmental players in the next two drafts.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps there is no more probative example of this when the current president would not rule out using American military force to take Greenland and/or the Panama Canal.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.—
James Goldgeier,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2018
Adjective
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The proposals come a year after University of North Carolina trustees approved an audit of the athletics department after a preliminary budget projected about $100 million of debt in the years ahead.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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While beneficial for many taxpayers, CNBC reports that the Senate Finance Committee has provided preliminary versions of some items in their version of the bill, including one that would keep the SALT deduction at $10,000.—
Nathan Goldman,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Investigative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigative. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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