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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
Delhomme was interviewed by Observer columnist Scott Fowler, who in 17 minutes probed the Panthers Hall of Honor inductee on a variety of topics.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
The auditors again probed CapRadio in 2011 when reviewing all of Sacramento State’s auxiliaries.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Future plans include increasing the sensitivity of the haloscopes and expanding the mass range being probed.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
In 2021, federal law enforcement first probed a series of multimillion dollar fraud schemes.
—Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Bondi bristled at an October hearing when Blumenthal probed a connection between Ballard’s clients and the Justice Department’s actions.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Brussels has also probed China’s EV sector over the same issue; the two sides resumed negotiations over a minimum price plan for the Chinese vehicles, officials said Thursday.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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.
—James Sample, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Why are Italian pasta products being probed?
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
The auditors again probed CapRadio in 2011 when reviewing all of Sacramento State’s auxiliaries.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Future plans include increasing the sensitivity of the haloscopes and expanding the mass range being probed.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Dec. 2025
In 2021, federal law enforcement first probed a series of multimillion dollar fraud schemes.
—Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Bondi bristled at an October hearing when Blumenthal probed a connection between Ballard’s clients and the Justice Department’s actions.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Brussels has also probed China’s EV sector over the same issue; the two sides resumed negotiations over a minimum price plan for the Chinese vehicles, officials said Thursday.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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.
—James Sample, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Advertisement Why are Italian pasta products being probed?
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for probed
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Isola and others explored one such training scheme in a recent paper.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Jan. 2026
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Through a series of interviews with longtime KC residents such as Alvin Brooks, Banks explored the history and future of Dunbar, once a vibrant neighborhood.—
Mara Williams,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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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 number of killings investigated last year fell to 67, with 57 of those categorized as murders — excluding cases such as justifiable homicides — a total not seen since 1967, according to data compiled by this news organization.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The shooting is being investigated by the FBI and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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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 11 Jan. 2026.
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