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Definition of researchesnext
plural of research

researches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of research

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of researches
Noun
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
Atir, who researches conversations with strangers, had no connection to the study and praised its design. Barbara Mantel, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026 The comparisons between the two companies indicate how far Chinese automakers have come, said Tu Le, founder of Sino Auto Insights, a firm that researches the Chinese automotive market. Robert Ferris, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026 Michael Wagner, who researches the role of social media in political campaigns at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, reviewed a sampling of Ponto's messages and posts. Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026 False alarms can dull vigilance One key question is how sensitive to make the system, said Nikita Ermolaev, a research engineer at IPVM, which tests and researches security technology. Jeff Amy, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026 Some 450,000 owner-operators currently haul long-distance freight by the truckload, estimates Stephen Burks, a former truck driver and economist at the University of Minnesota Morris who researches the industry. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026 Mitch Prinstein, who researches technology and brain development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says teens shouldn't be getting notifications or at least not as many notifications of likes, or dislikes. Carmel Wroth, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026 Iran has already performed 99% of the centrifuge work required to produce weapons-grade uranium for nine nuclear weapons, said Robert Goldston, a Princeton University professor who researches arms control and fusion energy. Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026 Iran has already performed 99% of the centrifuge work required to produce weapons-grade uranium for nine nuclear weapons, said Robert Goldston, a Princeton University professor who researches arms control and fusion energy. Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researches
Noun
  • Earlier this month, a federal immigration agent was charged with two counts of second-degree assault by a county prosecutor in Minnesota amid investigations into the actions of several officers during the immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis area.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Federal investigations, as well as CNN interviews with former law enforcement officials, have revealed security failures and a lack of accountability over what transpired at the Butler rally.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The film explores the iconic partnership between Fonteyn, a 42-year-old prima ballerina and Britain’s most famous dancer, and Rudolf Nureyev, the 23-year-old rebellious Soviet defector who became her partner on stage (and, it was rumored, off it as well).
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The film explores the private joy and pain behind their public personas, capturing their unique chemistry.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The police in Meriden are also said by others to have purchased AI report writing software, but did not reply to inquiries.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Gill said the group had also proposed deferring all media inquiries to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The National Transportation Safety Board investigates accidents across the United States.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But Scott Munro, head of the NYPD Detectives’ Endowment Association, on Wednesday defended the cops actions in the video, urging people not to rush to judgement as NYPD Internal Affairs investigates.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While 10,000 steps has long been promoted as a daily goal, studies have shown that many health benefits—especially for older adults—can occur at lower step counts.
    MD Published, Verywell Health, 11 Apr. 2026
  • What Indonesia needs right now is not more studies confirming our potential.
    Pandu Sjahrir, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In the final hours of President Biden's term, a Polymarket trader made around $300,000 correctly betting on Biden's last-minute pardons, according to new data provided to NPR by an analytics firm that examines cryptocurrency transactions.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Daejeon officials released social media videos showing rescuers pulling the limp wolf from a ditch and placing it in a carrier, and the animal undergoing medical examinations at the zoo.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The findings, a year in the making, represent one of the most self-critical examinations any elite university has publicly undertaken.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • More than four years after the team publicly floated the idea of downtown baseball, the project has been defined more by its twists and turns than its resolutions — and included explorations outside downtown and even in Kansas.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Later came stints as a paralegal, explorations of investment banking, and a brush with entrepreneurship.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026

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