as in inquiries
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
officials launched an extensive investigation of the plane crash
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Recent Examples of investigations
In a separate interview, another person familiar with the situation — who has been involved in past intelligence investigations involving Venezuelan officials — offered additional allegations about the restricted zone.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
In an exclusive interview at FBI headquarters, Raia said the bureau's multi-agency mission center has moved beyond intelligence gathering and into active financial investigations aimed at dismantling the networks that finance political violence.
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Asra Q. Nomani , Morgan Phillips,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
This story first ran in Dispatches, our weekly newsletter from our reporters about their recent investigations.
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Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
2 July 2026
And among these gemstones, Live Nation is shining the brightest, lawsuits and anti-trust investigations be damned.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
While initial reports indicated that nine people had been killed, further investigations on the scene revealed a total of 16 fatalities.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Although federal law requires the VA to publish statistics on arrests, citations, investigations and prosecutions by local agencies, the campus police website has no link to crime data.
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Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
The report said the city council budgets $500,000 a year for investigations, and in a typical year, $200,000-$300,000 is used.
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Nina Burns,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Barry Diamond, the former senior pastor of the church where Vander Meer once worked, said he was informed early Thursday by Jessica Bate of Washington County Attorney’s Office in Utah, who led the investigations, that Vander Meer hanged himself.
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Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2026
In an exclusive interview at FBI headquarters, Raia said the bureau's multi-agency mission center has moved beyond intelligence gathering and into active financial investigations aimed at dismantling the networks that finance political violence.
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Asra Q. Nomani , Morgan Phillips,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
This story first ran in Dispatches, our weekly newsletter from our reporters about their recent investigations.
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Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
2 July 2026
And among these gemstones, Live Nation is shining the brightest, lawsuits and anti-trust investigations be damned.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
While initial reports indicated that nine people had been killed, further investigations on the scene revealed a total of 16 fatalities.
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ABC News,
2 July 2026
Although federal law requires the VA to publish statistics on arrests, citations, investigations and prosecutions by local agencies, the campus police website has no link to crime data.
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Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
The report said the city council budgets $500,000 a year for investigations, and in a typical year, $200,000-$300,000 is used.
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Nina Burns,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Barry Diamond, the former senior pastor of the church where Vander Meer once worked, said he was informed early Thursday by Jessica Bate of Washington County Attorney’s Office in Utah, who led the investigations, that Vander Meer hanged himself.
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Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for investigations
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Gunsaulus’ Espinosa has also gotten inquiries from a network administrator and principals at nearby schools to present on launching a fundraising nonprofit without a pricey attorney.
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The Wayne County Mortgage and Deed Fraud Unit has tracked more than 13,000 inquiries regarding deed fraud and has opened over 2,300 cases throughout Wayne County since 2005.
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The cause and manner of death for both individuals remain pending the examinations and conclusion of the investigation.
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The Wall Street Journal, for example, reported in 2025 that faculty across the country are giving up on writing assignments, which students can produce with AI, and returning to in-class tests and examinations.
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The real draws, however, are the two star-making performances by Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos, whose extraordinary and viscerally raw explorations of sensuality and heartbreak saw them jointly (and deservedly) awarded the Palme d’Or with the film’s director.
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These cuts can come off as less-challenging than the more intriguing explorations of his ear for arrangements.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
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Some studies have shown that estrogen can help protect the heart, but the FDA hasn’t authorized it for this use.
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Real estate and other industries already face probes into algorithmic and surveillance pricing, as Americans cite housing and energy costs as top worries and question whether genuine competition still exists.
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Trump went to extraordinary efforts to pressure the Fed into lowering, from launching criminal probes into Powell and Governor Lisa Cook, to outright insulting the chair’s intelligence.
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Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it.
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Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces.
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“Investigations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigations. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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