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probing

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verb

present participle of probe

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for probing
Verb
  • The commission would be tasked with exploring and implementing strategies to attract one or more sports franchises to Northwest Indiana, Harris said.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Each episode unfolds in flashback form, exploring what happened after the adoption.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Deputies started searching the area and soon spotted a set of footprints in the snow that led away from the road.
    Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Federal investigators later found bomb-making materials while searching Jabbar's Texas home.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The New York Times, which first broke the news of Ryan's resignation, reported on Thursday that the Justice Department was pressuring Ryan to step down in order to resolve a civil rights inquiry into the university.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Sustainable Beef didn't immediately reply to an inquiry for more information about the company.
    Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Police are investigating what caused the crash.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Even a short statement confirming that the firm has assigned a crisis lead, is keeping employees safe and is investigating next steps can reassure stakeholders.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Italian law dictates that citizens over 80 must renew their license every two years and complete a medical examination that tests mental acuity.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 June 2025
  • An extensive review of commercial reports and academic papers providing measures of the size of the sports industry, coupled with an examination of how other industries were sized, provided a number of helpful ideas for building a model that captured the broad expanse of the global sports industry.
    Dennis Howard, Sportico.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • This often meant examining not just one person but every employee across the entire company, which could mean collecting skills data for 10,000 people.
    Nolan Hout, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The examining magistrate now has to decide what direction to give to the proceedings.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This skepticism has its own science-fiction tradition, in which space exploration follows the patterns of exploitation visible already on Earth.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 21 June 2025
  • Musk's space exploration company is working for Starship to be a fully reusable transportation system, meaning both the rocket and vehicle can return to earth for additional missions.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The Scene Jan Jenisch became CEO of LafargeHolcim in 2017, after the world’s largest cement company had been shaken by an internal probe of its Syria operations and culture clashes stemming from the €41bn Franco-Swiss merger that created it.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 20 June 2025
  • The Department of Justice announced a federal probe of California over potential Title IX violations regarding its policy allowing trans athletes in girls sports in late May.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
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“Probing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probing. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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