1
as in investigations
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
conducted a study to determine the sleep needs of adolescents
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2
as in trances
the state of being lost in thought
found her staring at the fire in a deep study
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3
as in considerations
a careful weighing of the reasons for or against something
the idea is under study by the city council
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as in researches
to use the mind to acquire knowledge
you'll have to study hard and learn all about the Revolutionary War in order to pass the history test
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2
as in learns
to commit to memory
having carefully studied the document, he could repeat what it said exactly
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3
as in debates
to give serious and careful thought to
scientists who study the origin of the universe
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Recent Examples of studies
Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Last month, researchers led by the University of Oslo reviewed preclinical and clinical studies investigating the link between NAD+ and aging.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The author of numerous papers on investment policy and endowment governance, Bill serves as Managing Editor of the Bank of America Study of Philanthropy and has edited leading endowment studies covering a broad range of nonprofit organizations.
—William Jarvis, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Some studies suggest that over time, articles become more neutral due to community revisions.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Employers will receive support services such as employee needs assessments, feasibility and cost analysis studies, and business plan development.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
This year, a wave of new studies and clinical advances has brought hope, especially for women in midlife, who make up a large share of new breast cancer diagnoses.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2025
Better access to mental health care is often associated with improved outcomes such as fewer high-cost episodes, fewer ER visits, and steadier attendance—factors that some employer studies suggest may contribute to modest reductions in overall medical spending over time.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Many studies have looked at cancer cells in labs or animals rather than in humans.
—Cynthia Sass, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
Sara Sneath, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
But precisely how this reheating step would have occurred wasn’t well-understood, says Vahid Kamali, a visiting professor at McGill University and an associate professor at Bu-Ali Sina University in Iran, who studies early-universe cosmology and wasn’t involved in the new research.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025
The organization’s Green Heart Project, which studies the impact of better air quality on heart disease through urban greening, has found that increasing the number of trees and shrubs in an area can create lower levels of a blood marker associated with inflammation.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
The failure of interceptors has happened before, said Jeffrey Lewis, a scholar of global security at Middlebury College who studies missile defenses.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Hundreds of yards away, Trevante (Shamier Anderson) studies the looming mothership.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Psychologist Christopher French, who studies paranormal beliefs and wrote The Science of Weird Shit, agrees with this explanation.
—Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Then, because of huge investments in lithium-ion technology, batteries became tough competition, explains Yury Gogotsi, who studies materials for energy-storage devices at Drexel University, in Philadelphia.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
The foundation, a progressive-leaning group which studies employment trends, compiled the data as the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has stopped providing its weekly reports on unemployment because of the shutdown.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
He was enrolled in a master’s program in biblical studies, but currently does not have lawful status in the country, officials said.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Last month, researchers led by the University of Oslo reviewed preclinical and clinical studies investigating the link between NAD+ and aging.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
The author of numerous papers on investment policy and endowment governance, Bill serves as Managing Editor of the Bank of America Study of Philanthropy and has edited leading endowment studies covering a broad range of nonprofit organizations.
—William Jarvis, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Some studies suggest that over time, articles become more neutral due to community revisions.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Employers will receive support services such as employee needs assessments, feasibility and cost analysis studies, and business plan development.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
This year, a wave of new studies and clinical advances has brought hope, especially for women in midlife, who make up a large share of new breast cancer diagnoses.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2025
Better access to mental health care is often associated with improved outcomes such as fewer high-cost episodes, fewer ER visits, and steadier attendance—factors that some employer studies suggest may contribute to modest reductions in overall medical spending over time.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Many studies have looked at cancer cells in labs or animals rather than in humans.
—Cynthia Sass, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
Michael Scott Fischer, an assistant professor at the University of Miami who studies rapid intensification, told me that evidence is emerging that rates of rapid intensification are becoming more extreme and that the phenomenon is occurring more frequently.
—Sara Sneath, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
But precisely how this reheating step would have occurred wasn’t well-understood, says Vahid Kamali, a visiting professor at McGill University and an associate professor at Bu-Ali Sina University in Iran, who studies early-universe cosmology and wasn’t involved in the new research.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025
The organization’s Green Heart Project, which studies the impact of better air quality on heart disease through urban greening, has found that increasing the number of trees and shrubs in an area can create lower levels of a blood marker associated with inflammation.
—Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
The failure of interceptors has happened before, said Jeffrey Lewis, a scholar of global security at Middlebury College who studies missile defenses.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Advertisement Hundreds of yards away, Trevante (Shamier Anderson) studies the looming mothership.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Psychologist Christopher French, who studies paranormal beliefs and wrote The Science of Weird Shit, agrees with this explanation.
—Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Then, because of huge investments in lithium-ion technology, batteries became tough competition, explains Yury Gogotsi, who studies materials for energy-storage devices at Drexel University, in Philadelphia.
—Perri Thaler, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
The foundation, a progressive-leaning group which studies employment trends, compiled the data as the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has stopped providing its weekly reports on unemployment because of the shutdown.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for studies
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The first two questions were about the investigations, and the third was about how great the games had been during the week.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Miami Heat and Portland Trail Blazers both won their first games since Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland head coach Chauncey Billups were arrested on Thursday in connection with two separate federal gambling investigations announced by the Eastern District of New York.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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But Deacon dismissed security considerations over Chinese applicants.—
Didi Kirsten Tatlow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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That means adding manufacturability metrics and lifecycle considerations into the AI’s goal, not treating them as an afterthought.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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Private vendors also have been working on such apps, said Jennifer Wagner, who researches Medicaid eligibility and enrollment at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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As the narrator, a professor separated from his wife, obsessively researches the death, his investigation fuels his parenting and relationship woes and leads him into a thicket of conspiracy theories.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Big Baller Boy, by Jeremy Hsing, follows fifteen-year-old Tiger Huang, who tries out for his school’s team hoping to impress his former-star athlete father—and learns that life holds more than basketball.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
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But instead of the usual office gig, Julia learns that her new job is to watch over a middle-aged man in a vegetative state, who’s been implanted with proprietary AI — and to chaperone him on a cross-country trip.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And now, many financial advisors are watching as Congress debates Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies amid the government shutdown.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Hashmi, who flipped a suburban Richmond seat in 2019 to become the first Muslim woman elected to the Virginia Senate, has not committed to any lieutenant governor debates this cycle.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fake sales accounts, other Wells Fargo scandals From 2013 to 2016, the comptroller’s office said that Russ Anderson failed to provide information or provided false, incomplete or misleading information during compliance examinations in 2015.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Initial examinations of the ruins reveal that the site experienced several distinct stages of construction and growth.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After deliberations that stretched out over two meetings this week, Milpitas City Council narrowly voted Friday to ask Councilmember Evelyn Chua to apologize for an incident that nearly broke state law and allegedly breached several city codes.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
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In August, however, the hard-liners began to win out, according to someone with knowledge of the Administration’s internal deliberations.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the finale, overwhelmed with guilt, Louis goes to a train station and contemplates suicide.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Accompanied by tender, understated guitar, Gill contemplates the sacrifices and rewards that come with a life devoted to music.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Studies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/studies. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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