as in investigation
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
an exploration into the disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart
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Recent Examples of exploration
Other rockets, such as Blue Origin's New Glenn, are also well-positioned to play a larger role in human space exploration.
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ArsTechnica, 19 June 2025
Now, nearly two years later, Santiago Charter’s and SCC’s collaboration just saw the program’s first 64-student cohort complete its first college course, a counseling class with a focus on academic and career success, educational planning and college career exploration.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
Whereas Control was a single-player, third-person adventure that focused on exploration and backtracking, Firebreak is Remedy’s take on cooperative first-person shooters like Left 4 Dead (2008).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025
The fate of Iran and its nuclear ambitions have unexpectedly reemerged – along with the Arctic, economic cooperation and space exploration – as yet another area of potential common interest.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 19 June 2025
Now, nearly two years later, Santiago Charter’s and SCC’s collaboration just saw the program’s first 64-student cohort complete its first college course, a counseling class with a focus on academic and career success, educational planning and college career exploration.
—Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
Whereas Control was a single-player, third-person adventure that focused on exploration and backtracking, Firebreak is Remedy’s take on cooperative first-person shooters like Left 4 Dead (2008).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2025
The fate of Iran and its nuclear ambitions have unexpectedly reemerged – along with the Arctic, economic cooperation and space exploration – as yet another area of potential common interest.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploration
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My firm offers a mobile legal helpline staffed by pro bono attorneys who can take client inquiries regardless of where they are physically located.—
Jeffrey D. Harvey,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2025
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In the end, the committee will determine whether to initiate a cancer inquiry investigation.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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An extensive review of commercial reports and academic papers providing measures of the size of the sports industry, coupled with an examination of how other industries were sized, provided a number of helpful ideas for building a model that captured the broad expanse of the global sports industry.—
Dennis Howard,
Sportico.com,
19 June 2025
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That hasn’t, however, extended to a deep examination of last season’s Super Bowl LIX loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2025
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The study area covers the high seas of the whole Atlantic Ocean, from 65 degrees South latitude to 65 degrees North latitude and from 90 West longitude to 25 East longitude.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Both are also Black art forms that require incredible discipline and a lifetime of study but which, when performed at their highest levels, encourage a freedom of expression that can take the audience into an ecstatic state.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The summary gives you insight into the rigor of my firm’s research and approach to picking stocks.—
David Trainer,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Mexican immigrants living in the United States are sending less money home to relatives via remittances, according to new research.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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The Scene Jan Jenisch became CEO of LafargeHolcim in 2017, after the world’s largest cement company had been shaken by an internal probe of its Syria operations and culture clashes stemming from the €41bn Franco-Swiss merger that created it.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
20 June 2025
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The Department of Justice announced a federal probe of California over potential Title IX violations regarding its policy allowing trans athletes in girls sports in late May.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2025
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“Exploration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exploration. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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