as in experimental
done or created to find something or to learn more about something
exploratory drilling for oil
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Recent Examples of exploratory
Both players were raised in exploratory talks with other teams, and Jennings would be easier to move than Dugger, considering the latter’s contract.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Impromptu, soulful, vibrant and exploratory.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Stewart has been campaigning for months in the race against state Sen. Ryan Fazio, a fiscal conservative who recently formed an exploratory committee and whose supporters say will catch up in the fundraising battle.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
Besides making better devices, researchers at imec are interested in finding paths to integrating 2D semiconductors on commercial 300-mm silicon wafers, says Inge Asselberghs, program manager for exploratory logic.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2021
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Impromptu, soulful, vibrant and exploratory.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
Stewart has been campaigning for months in the race against state Sen. Ryan Fazio, a fiscal conservative who recently formed an exploratory committee and whose supporters say will catch up in the fundraising battle.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2025
Besides making better devices, researchers at imec are interested in finding paths to integrating 2D semiconductors on commercial 300-mm silicon wafers, says Inge Asselberghs, program manager for exploratory logic.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploratory
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The experimental setup handled thousands of transactions among up to 1,800 parties, just a fraction of the scale in real clearinghouses but enough to show how future versions of the hardware could make a difference.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Since its opening in mid-June, the experimental project has driven a 25 percent increase in total sales across the West Nanjing Road thoroughfare.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ramsey, who has criticized the Boulder Police Department's efforts to solve the Christmastime slaying, has offered to fundraise to pay for investigative genetic genealogy, a newer technology that’s been used to solve high-profile cold cases such as the Golden State Killer.—
Louis Casiano , Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Gina Barton is an investigative reporter at USA TODAY.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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Bigelow’s work is procedural to its core, and that this film is a speculative what-if is made all the more horrifying because of its banality.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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It’s meant to be bought, enjoyed, and drunk—not treated like a speculative financial asset.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Cracker Barrel’s position is more tentative, more precarious.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The tentative reunion quickly snowballed into a full tour and, now, Sublime’s first new music in nearly 30 years.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Connor, per the preliminary PFF data that will be reviewed, was targeted five times.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The two allies agreed on the deal in July but Japanese officials discovered days later the preliminary deal had added 15% on existing rates and objected.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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This novel scenario, of flash ionization in the early Universe, may turn out to be, like most new theoretical ideas, a red herring that only takes us to a possible world that never was.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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The key is making the financial management real rather than theoretical.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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