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once-overs

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plural of once-over

as in interrogations

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Noun

Carr has launched multiple investigations of the broadcast networks, but has issued few if any actual sanctions or resolution.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Some of Meir’s favorite experiments took place in the Life Sciences Glovebox, including investigations involving neocartilage and stem cells.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of investigations

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Widespread scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link between vaccines and autism.

— Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Several preliminary assessments were done, said Susannah Campbell of BFW Engineering & Testing, including studies of the railyard’s soil, possible air pollution, and how much noise a new maintenance facility would create.

— Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of studies

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Her narrative weaves together two genres she has long been known for, crime fiction and science fiction, and continues Mandel's explorations of chaos, identity, impermanence and transcendence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
The day finished with a private ballet class in a rehearsal studio for the daughter with the ballet dancer, to create her own original choreography, inspired by the day’s explorations.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of explorations

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Melanie Challenger Melanie Challenger writes, researches, and broadcasts on the history of ideas, the history and philosophy of science, and the relationship between humans and the living world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it.

— Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of researches

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This is a very different world from half a century ago, when NASA was created to land humans on the Moon and explore the Solar System with robotic probes.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The two probes — Mira satellites operated by the California startup Impulse Space — zoomed within 650 feet (200 meters) of each other in low Earth orbit (LEO) recently.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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