as in investigation
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
Adam Smith's celebrated disquisition on the factors contributing to the wealth of nations
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Recent Examples of disquisition
Anyone who knew Heff, even a little, had heard his manic, often brilliant disquisitions on literature, film and hip-hop and had listened to him rhapsodize about fast cars, James Dean, jazz and the horror novels of Clive Barker.
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Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
During a Tuesday pop-in at a Democratic campaign office in New Hampshire, Biden embarked on one of his customary rambling disquisitions.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 23 Oct. 2024
But, like most legal work, his cases typically turned not on disquisitions about the vision of the Founders but on narrow, technical details.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
And in the same way that ageism against women was really a disquisition on femininity, the broad obsession with President Biden’s age speaks to our vision of masculinity.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
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Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
During a Tuesday pop-in at a Democratic campaign office in New Hampshire, Biden embarked on one of his customary rambling disquisitions.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 23 Oct. 2024
But, like most legal work, his cases typically turned not on disquisitions about the vision of the Founders but on narrow, technical details.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
And in the same way that ageism against women was really a disquisition on femininity, the broad obsession with President Biden’s age speaks to our vision of masculinity.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disquisition
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In fact, Trump views the Justice Department as a tool to uplift his political agenda, undoing the dedicated work of dozens of federal agents and prosecutors with his blanket pardon of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists and punishing or firing personnel that had engaged in disfavored inquiries.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2025
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Five Below also did not respond to a media inquiry.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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The detection of a prostate nodule likely happened during a digital rectal examination (DRE).—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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Unfortunately, some doctors are forgoing critical examination and relying only on the blood test.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Filling my cup with adventure, exploration, pampering, and rest was everything.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
16 May 2025
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So far in 2025, lunar exploration has surged forward.—
Zhenbo Wang,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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On average, fuel use dropped by about 23 percent, the study found.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
18 May 2025
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This is because genetic studies have indicated low overall genetic diversity and the presence of distinct populations shaped by historical sea-level changes during the Last Glacial Maximum, underscoring the species’ vulnerability to environmental shifts.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Our research team at the University of Georgia, led by Dr. Neil Debbage now at University of Texas San Antonio, published a 2017 study documenting ARs that hit the southeastern U.S from 1979 to 2015.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Telling the story of the Combahee River Raid, which took place from June 1-3 in 1863, took Fields-Black 10 years to research and three years to write.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2025
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“Disquisition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disquisition. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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