researches 1 of 2

plural of research

researches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of research

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Recent Examples of researches
Noun
Melanie Challenger Melanie Challenger writes, researches, and broadcasts on the history of ideas, the history and philosophy of science, and the relationship between humans and the living world. Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it. Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026 Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces. Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026 The feminine advantage, beginning with the first spoken word, increases with age, according to recent researches in the language development of preschool children, girls being first to employ phrases and using longer sentences. Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026 In testing the battery using a hot plate as the heat source, the researches connected 10 cells in series and powered an LED light. IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2019
Verb
Stephan Taylor, a University of Michigan professor of psychiatry, researches the diagnosis and treatment of major psychiatric disorders like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 At the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Marcel Lewandowsky researches what makes a democracy resilient and is the author of the book What Populists Want. Esme Nicholson, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 Garden Media researches global consumer trends to predict what will be coming up in gardening, landscape design, and green living, and its 2027 Garden Trends Report just dropped. Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 3 Sep. 2026 Bernard Koch, an assistant sociology professor at the University of Chicago who researches artificial intelligence, said worries about AI’s impact on people's lives are probably fueling the uproar over data centers and Flock cameras. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 With a code of ethics and a membership requirement, the group raised professional standards, Chloe Thurston, a political-science professor at Northwestern University who researches the history of housing, told me. Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026 Well, her foundation, Yield Giving, quietly researches to find organizations that need donations and that Scott considers worthy. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 Aug. 2026 Chris Minson, a University of Oregon professor who researches how people can adapt to extreme heat and other environmental conditions, said the optimum temperature to run a marathon is about 50 degrees. Scott McFetridge, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 Black currently researches how AI outputs can influence user decisions and trust. Joshua Hong, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researches
Noun
  • After the attack, the agency, helmed then by Robert Mueller, would begin to shift significant resources, agents and large amounts of focus to counterterrorism intelligence, investigations and cases.
    Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Law enforcement agencies have partnered with the company to speed up investigations by having access to a database that logs vehicle information like license plate, make, model, dents or modifications.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Hutton thoughtfully explores the gender dynamics of reproductive rights issues by making Val a not wholly unsympathetic middle-woman between the men in power and one of the women impacted by their machinations.
    Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But by rooting her tale in Maya’s family ties, the writer-director explores the complicity of well-to-do South Asian diasporas, and the foundations that afford them the luxury of emigrating in the first place.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Verb
  • The researcher investigates them, includes one in the finished piece and publishes it.
    Mat Golubovic, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For instance, InSAR finds where something is changing, laser scanning shows how a structure is deforming, and GPR investigates what may be happening underneath it.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Christner studies microorganisms that are able to survive in extremely low temperatures.
    Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Since then, studies have found that GHK-Cu stimulates collagen production and other compounds involved in skin remodeling, triggers the growth of new blood vessels and has anti-inflammatory effects.
    Will Stone, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The report also examines specific price moves from the Texas Senate primary contests.
    Garrett Downs, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Rendering examines how artificial intelligence is disrupting the entertainment industry, taking you inside key battlegrounds and spotlighting change-makers wielding the technology for good and ill.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Gorky was using European traditions—Roberto Matta’s Surrealism, Picasso’s neoclassicism, Cézanne’s explorations—to make work that captured New York’s sexiness, skittishness, and force.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Belgian designer, who went on to thank her team members and collaborators by name, is known for her varied explorations of feminine identity.
    Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

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