probings

noun

plural of probing
as in investigations
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something questionings and probings by several committees into the affair

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  1. investigations
  2. explorations
  3. inquiries
  4. examinations
  5. probes
  6. studies
Noun
  • The bill also required the state water board to consult with tribes whose ancestral territories included water bodies during investigations into water rights.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For all the attention organizations give to Title IX compliance, general workplace investigations—the kind every private employer eventually faces—rarely get the same documentation discipline.
    — Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of investigations
Noun
  • Part of it has to do with Tariq, a Pakistani American filmmaker who partially grew up in Texas and has a knack for embedding a dizzying aesthetic into cross-cultural explorations.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Hadrian’s Wall is the place of continuing archeological discovery, even after all these years and explorations.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of explorations
Noun
  • If lenders perform hard credit inquiries, try to complete your rate shopping within a 14- to 45-day window; credit-scoring models generally treat multiple auto-loan inquiries made within this period as a single inquiry.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The United Way of Connecticut, which runs the state’s 2-1-1 human services referral line, reported about 23,000 phone and web inquiries regarding food assistance in September, up 84% from the same month in 2025.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of inquiries
Noun
  • In part, these changes have been spurred by – and continue to spur – deeper examinations of Islamic teachings by religious leaders as well as civilian scholars.
    — Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Recent technical examinations reveal several modifications beneath the pictorial surface.
    — Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of examinations
Noun
  • Analyzing data from lunar probes, a team of researchers found a rock formation that was much denser and more strongly magnetized compared with the surrounding material.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Some cosmologists have thought that BBN is too old-school to be as good a tool for cosmology as other probes of the early universe.
    — Cara Giovanetti, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of probes
Noun
  • The trial began in July and is one of several studies launched to find some protection and another way of at least slowing the outbreak.
    — CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • However, as some researchers have pointed out, the available studies didn’t assess whether emotions are actually regulated through the chatbot, and therefore conflate distress relief with attachment.
    — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of studies
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