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Recent Examples of investigates
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.
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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
The record is clear, UNRWA investigates every claim brought to it of potential employee misconduct, as evidenced by the multiple requests the agency has made to the Israeli government for the information in these cases.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
In the book, an unnamed narrator moves into the Kennedy dorm room once occupied by Foster Dade, who had transferred to the boarding school in 2008 but was later expelled due to a scandal that the narrator investigates over the course of years.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
The board investigates crashes and can make recommendations, but only the Federal Aviation Administration has the authority to mandate inspections.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Arthur also hands over Roman's backpack, which Major Crimes investigates.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
The commission investigates allegations of judicial misconduct in Florida, and the state Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether Miller will be sanctioned.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
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
The record is clear, UNRWA investigates every claim brought to it of potential employee misconduct, as evidenced by the multiple requests the agency has made to the Israeli government for the information in these cases.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
In the book, an unnamed narrator moves into the Kennedy dorm room once occupied by Foster Dade, who had transferred to the boarding school in 2008 but was later expelled due to a scandal that the narrator investigates over the course of years.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
The board investigates crashes and can make recommendations, but only the Federal Aviation Administration has the authority to mandate inspections.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Arthur also hands over Roman's backpack, which Major Crimes investigates.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
The commission investigates allegations of judicial misconduct in Florida, and the state Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether Miller will be sanctioned.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigates
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Other projects announced at the launch event today include Gangster Priest, a black comedy about a gangster who has trouble leaving behind his life of crime; and horror film Hopscotch, which explores how family trauma is replicated through new generations.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Across eight episodes, the series explores how love can twist into possession and how far a parent will go to protect their child.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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In July, Miles Richardson, a professor at the University of Derby, published the findings of a new study in the journal Earth, which examines how our connection to nature has shifted since 1800.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Nov. 2025
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Her work examines themes including gender, healing, cultural destruction, and sustainability through the lens of politics.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 Nov. 2025
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