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experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem
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Recent Examples of investigates
The commission also investigates complaints of discrimination and harassment, and looks into issues regarding employment, housing, education and credit.
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Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
—Propublica’s Visual Storytelling Department, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2026
The county Sheriff’s Office handled the investigation under a reciprocal agreement with San Diego police, so neither department investigates its own officers or deputies.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is an independent body that investigates allegations of fraud, waste and misconduct within the district.
—Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Typically, the inspector general investigates schemes defrauding Medicare, improper payments -- such as to insurance companies to cover Medicaid members who had died -- and whether states are doing adequate oversight of providers in their borders.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
He was promoted and reassigned to the Public Integrity Division, which investigates corruption issues, in 2020, according to his lawsuit.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Additionally, the department licenses and regulates insurance companies operating in Arkansas, administers the state government's workers' compensation program, provides Medicare counseling to senior citizens, and investigates consumer complaints and insurance fraud.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Parise’s work investigates a core question of how the brain knows when sound and vision match.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
—Propublica’s Visual Storytelling Department, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2026
The county Sheriff’s Office handled the investigation under a reciprocal agreement with San Diego police, so neither department investigates its own officers or deputies.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is an independent body that investigates allegations of fraud, waste and misconduct within the district.
—Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Typically, the inspector general investigates schemes defrauding Medicare, improper payments -- such as to insurance companies to cover Medicaid members who had died -- and whether states are doing adequate oversight of providers in their borders.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
He was promoted and reassigned to the Public Integrity Division, which investigates corruption issues, in 2020, according to his lawsuit.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
Additionally, the department licenses and regulates insurance companies operating in Arkansas, administers the state government's workers' compensation program, provides Medicare counseling to senior citizens, and investigates consumer complaints and insurance fraud.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2025
Parise’s work investigates a core question of how the brain knows when sound and vision match.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigates
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New research from Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim explores how AI can impact employee motivation when it is implemented in the wrong part of a team’s workflow.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
21 Jan. 2026
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The conversation explores the creative decisions, considerations and production realities that define documentary filmmaking, and will be moderated by Angelique Jackson, Variety senior entertainment and media writer.—
William Earl,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2026
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The document is above; a full Associated Press report examines the changes and includes reaction from experts.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Le Guin examines unchecked power, eugenics, and the ethics of governance in this inventive and consistently surprising novel, which explores the limits of trying to manifest a better world.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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