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probing

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verb

present participle of probe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for probing
Verb
  • Officials were not clear why the children and the dogs were exploring the storm drains or how long they were lost.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Start with a simple tee and sneakers for a day of exploring, then swap in a blouse and kitten heels for dinner plans.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 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
  • Netanyahu has tried to blame the failures on the army and security agencies and repeatedly resisted calls for an official state commission of inquiry that would look into the government decision-making as well.
    Natalie Melzer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Secondly, Clayman suggests embarking on a period of inquiry.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Police are investigating what caused the crash.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, police at Philadelphia's Temple University are investigating an incident where two students were accused of impersonating ICE agents at a campus business earlier this month.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, the true subject of the film’s examination turns out to be Nina herself, a doctor whose steady, unfailingly professional surface barely conceals self-lacerating anguish.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2025
  • That account, however, could open him up for the first time to cross examination on the witness stand.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 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
  • In summer, the midnight sun bathes the landscape in 24-hour daylight, allowing for endless exploration.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Paul Henreid’s Dead Ringer is a creepy exploration of how identical twins survive without each other.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Dan Caldwell, who served as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s senior adviser and was terminated as part of the department’s ongoing probe into information leaks at the Pentagon, said on Tucker Carlson’s podcast that his opposition to the U.S.’s potential attack on Iran facilitated his ouster.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Those probes are now unlikely to be completed, the investigator said.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Probing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probing. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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