Thesaurus results for PROBINGS

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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Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter who covers the death penalty, cold case investigations, breaking news for USA TODAY.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
The Homeland Security spokesperson indicated there would be more to the investigations, saying officials had identified more than 24,000 potential noncitizens who had been referred to Homeland Security Investigations.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

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Dow Gardens—a 110-acre botanical garden with walking paths and guided nature explorations—is here.

— Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
The hotel is five miles from the Great Basin National Park entrance, and within 60 miles of Ely—an easy distance for daytime explorations through town.

— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of explorations

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Last month, his companies became the focus of two federal inquiries and a Delaware insurance regulatory review.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Cohere received an influx of new customer inquiries after the White House in June put export controls on Anthropic’s advanced AI models.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of inquiries

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The tests included dental examinations, the heart, lungs, and nervous system, as well as blood tests.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
Swelling and spinal shock can cloud the earliest neurological picture, and physicians repeat examinations over time for good reason, as many people once given a grave prognosis go on to recover.

— Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of examinations

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Saturn's hexagon – a cloud pattern about 20,000 miles wide – was first discovered on the planet's north pole using data from flybys conducted by NASA's twin Voyager probes in 1980 and 1981.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Kalshi is conducting ongoing investigations into other political figures who may have conducted insider trading after suspending four yesterday, a person familiar with the probes told Semafor.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of probes

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The article criticizes the lack of comparative studies showing firms implementing these remedies outperform similar ones that don't.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
And so can this actually make a meaningful difference, or is that Medicaid money that is going to be no longer going, flowing to those hospitals, is that going to make this all offset like some of those studies?

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

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