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Adjective
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Sure, an occasional exploratory squeeze, but never a prolonged gallop.—
Iain Macauley,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025 -
Emily Chancellor, an Austin Water public information officer, said the city of Austin is working with Bastrop County stakeholders, including the city of Bastrop, to finalize a binding agreement that will allow Austin to begin exploratory drilling and field testing for the ASR project.—
Aaron Sullivan,
Austin American Statesman,
10 July 2025
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Participants were presented with a series of experimental questions along with two facial photographs, one of a bearded face and another of a non-bearded one.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Fox performed his original music on keyboards with Solo Smith on bass and Myles Martin on drums at the intimate club Gesu, blending elements of experimental jazz and soul.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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The authors hope to continue to investigate how other developmental genes across other sea spider species may have appeared or disappeared throughout their life history, per Earth.com, potentially affecting their abdomens.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Lead ingestion in children is linked to irreversible health impacts, including developmental delays and neurological damage, as outlined by federal health guidelines.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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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
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The judge set a preliminary injunction hearing for July 24, in which both sides will argue the merits of the case.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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The organization had completed a preliminary audit that found at least $150,000 was missing or unaccounted for, the criminal complaint said.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
11 July 2025
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“Investigative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigative. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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