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as in investigated
to search through or into
communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions
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as in searched
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery
we must continue to explore the depths of the ocean
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Recent Examples of explored
If that obsession had died down as the months went by, it was rekindled in November when House leaders explored the topic of UFOs once more.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Romvari cut her teeth with documentaries that also have explored her familial history, and this feels like a culmination of that work.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Some researchers have explored optimal control strategies for epidemics, but most of these efforts either rely on deterministic models that are too simplistic for use in real epidemics or focus narrowly on the mathematics of stability and robustness.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Viking also published Williams’s subsequent novel, Augustus (1972), which explored the life of the founder of the Roman Empire and was a co-winner of the National Book Award.
—Paul Slovak
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
As fascism spread across Europe in the twentieth century, a group of scholars known as the Frankfurt School explored how that ideology grew from the economic and psychological ground of capitalist industrialization.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
Remote, freezing, and wrapped in mystery, Antarctica was the last continent to be explored and remains one of the most difficult environments on Earth to access.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
McRae’s dress nodded to some elements featured in de Saint Sernin’s spring 2025 ready-to-wear collection, in which the eponymous designer explored the balletcore trend.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Maxwell’s parents were avid campers and often explored with their son new places around Southern California, Holloway said.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Romvari cut her teeth with documentaries that also have explored her familial history, and this feels like a culmination of that work.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Some researchers have explored optimal control strategies for epidemics, but most of these efforts either rely on deterministic models that are too simplistic for use in real epidemics or focus narrowly on the mathematics of stability and robustness.
—John Drake, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Viking also published Williams’s subsequent novel, Augustus (1972), which explored the life of the founder of the Roman Empire and was a co-winner of the National Book Award.
—Paul Slovak
september 8, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
As fascism spread across Europe in the twentieth century, a group of scholars known as the Frankfurt School explored how that ideology grew from the economic and psychological ground of capitalist industrialization.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
Remote, freezing, and wrapped in mystery, Antarctica was the last continent to be explored and remains one of the most difficult environments on Earth to access.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
McRae’s dress nodded to some elements featured in de Saint Sernin’s spring 2025 ready-to-wear collection, in which the eponymous designer explored the balletcore trend.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
Maxwell’s parents were avid campers and often explored with their son new places around Southern California, Holloway said.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for explored
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As officers arrived and investigated, additional gunfire was discharged from both outside and inside an apartment toward them.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Sep. 2025
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The case is now being investigated as a homicide.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Staffers frantically searched for updates on his condition.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker and activist Basel Adra said soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) searched his house in the occupied West Bank after a group of Israeli settlers attacked him, his family members and a foreign activist on Saturday.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The new footage proved to be crucial in both the Right of Review hearing and the subsequent hearing that re-examined the incident.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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At a nearby hospital, after a doctor examined her wounds and tested her for a concussion, investigators snapped photos of the bruises on her face.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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