as in explored
to search through or into
the owner is being forced to look into new options for promoting his declining business
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Johnson is remaining tight-lipped on what other characters or subjects will be explored in a TV show next after the Talamasca gets the spotlight.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025 -
At its best, Task explored the complicated, flawed, but vivid lives of women left to pick up the pieces of broken men.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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But the most recent study published Tuesday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine investigated the effects of different step thresholds.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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The shooting is being investigated by the Kansas City Police Department.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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According to a recent documentary, police have examined whether Revak might have been connected to as many as five different homicides over a 14-year span, including the disappearance of Huisentruit.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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For instance, the team examined SIRT1, a post-translational regulator linked to inflammation and cancer.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Looked (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looked%20%28into%29. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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