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as in explored
to search through or into
tabloid reporters who seem determined to probe every detail of the singer's private life
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as in searched
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery
probing the depths of the undersea trench
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Recent Examples of probed
The justices probed whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the president to impose tariffs on nearly all imports or whether such measures intrude on Congress’s exclusive taxing authority.
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James Sample, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Why are Italian pasta products being probed?
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Sportsbooks detected unusual patterns of wagers on the Charlotte game in question — prop bets involving Rozier were flagged and immediately brought to the NBA’s attention — and the league probed the matter but did not find enough evidence to conclude that Rozier broke any rules.
—Tim Reynolds, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
The prison reported finding no weapon in the cell and the death of Roman Ruiz, 33, is being probed by on-site investigators, and the prison system’s Office of the Inspector of General has also been alerted, the CDCR said.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
So with 85 percent of the global atmosphere not being regularly probed, current forecasts are hamstrung by the sparseness of the datasets available to them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
In 2019, county election officials probed allegations that donations Anderson accepted, including from four members of the Hamann family, may have violated local campaign finance rules and referred the case to the District Attorney’s Office.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Milwaukee Common Council members probed police officials over the department's pursuit policy, about two weeks after a police chase ended with three bystanders killed.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The attacker’s exact motive is still being probed by police.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
James Sample, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Why are Italian pasta products being probed?
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Sportsbooks detected unusual patterns of wagers on the Charlotte game in question — prop bets involving Rozier were flagged and immediately brought to the NBA’s attention — and the league probed the matter but did not find enough evidence to conclude that Rozier broke any rules.
—Tim Reynolds, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
The prison reported finding no weapon in the cell and the death of Roman Ruiz, 33, is being probed by on-site investigators, and the prison system’s Office of the Inspector of General has also been alerted, the CDCR said.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
So with 85 percent of the global atmosphere not being regularly probed, current forecasts are hamstrung by the sparseness of the datasets available to them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
In 2019, county election officials probed allegations that donations Anderson accepted, including from four members of the Hamann family, may have violated local campaign finance rules and referred the case to the District Attorney’s Office.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Milwaukee Common Council members probed police officials over the department's pursuit policy, about two weeks after a police chase ended with three bystanders killed.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The attacker’s exact motive is still being probed by police.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for probed
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Their rise has caught the attention of big banks and the largest payments networks—so much so that Mastercard has explored stablecoin acquisitions of its own.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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There are new pairings to be explored!—
Michael Seater,
Them.,
11 Nov. 2025
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Officers searched the home, but Melodee was nowhere to be found.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Detective Jeremiah Hanson reached out to the Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center, a group of nine states that shared law-enforcement data, and asked for a historical record of every time someone had searched Ryan’s name—during a traffic stop, for example.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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The department then placed Kinsleigh with her grandfather, Brian Welty, between 2018 and 2021, while DCS investigated the case, according to the complaint.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
11 Nov. 2025
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The cause of the incident is now being investigated.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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To understand what makes the mRNA shots special, the researchers examined blood and tissue samples and found that the COVID shots appeared to activate the innate immune system — a fundamental, early-warning defense mechanism that alerts other parts of the immune system to prepare for an attack.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Their study shows that while some planets are destroyed during the early post-main sequence phase, Earth is likely safer than the close-in giant planets examined.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Probed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probed. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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