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Adjective
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Our military health system is conducting an exploratory study to assess the quality and safety of its essential generic medicines.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025 -
Other behaviors include what researchers consider as the first evidence of narwhals playing, more specifically, exploratory playing.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In simple terms, today’s technologies are largely experimental, proof-of-concept or prototypes.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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In 2025, Millie Bobby Brown steps up to the mantle to defy internet bullies and keep serving her maximalist, experimental style—in a look indebted to Twain.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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By offering personalized support, educators guide each child on individualized learning paths that meet their unique developmental needs, with particular attention given to children with disabilities.—
Rachelle Rutherford,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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This can cause developmental delays, heart defects, deafness and cataracts.—
Neha Mukherjee,
CNN,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps there is no more probative example of this when the current president would not rule out using American military force to take Greenland and/or the Panama Canal.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.—
James Goldgeier,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2018
Adjective
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More than two mayoral candidates would trigger a preliminary election, on Sept. 9, to whittle down the field to two finalists for the Nov. 4 general election.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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The thing is, two federal judges have issued preliminary injunctions blocking the spending freeze, in response to lawsuits claiming the president has no authority to block money approved by Congress.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Investigative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigative. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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