as in experimental
done or created to find something or to learn more about something
exploratory drilling for oil
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Recent Examples of exploratory
The exploratory cutting process involved numerous trials.
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Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Last fall, the university formed a special exploratory committee to develop ideas for commemorating the return of its historic football rivalry with The University of Texas at Austin.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Nov. 2024
Sheffield was the first to establish her exploratory committee last year, getting a head start on fundraising among other potential candidates.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
While many countries remain in the exploratory or development phases, a select few have launched fully operational CBDCs, providing valuable insights into their implementation and impact.
—Alexandra Andhov, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Kyle Roderick, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Last fall, the university formed a special exploratory committee to develop ideas for commemorating the return of its historic football rivalry with The University of Texas at Austin.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Nov. 2024
Sheffield was the first to establish her exploratory committee last year, getting a head start on fundraising among other potential candidates.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
While many countries remain in the exploratory or development phases, a select few have launched fully operational CBDCs, providing valuable insights into their implementation and impact.
—Alexandra Andhov, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploratory
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The multichannel interactive video installations of Gillette, who had been part of a circle surrounding Marshall McLuhan (then briefly teaching at Fordham University), reflected his own concerns with ecology, media theory, and notions of experimental epistemology.David A. Ross, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
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The experimental new technology was created by Abigail Mann and colleagues at Australia's Flinders University.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2024
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The idea of self-reflective agents ventures into speculative territory.Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Many speculative pockets of the stock market surged Thursday, the first session of the new year, right after the S&P 500 closed out the best two-year run since 1998.Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
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Sources familiar with the contract told CNBC the compromise on automation and semi-automation was key to the tentative agreement.Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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Read All About It Tens of thousands of dockworkers reached a tentative agreement on a six-year contract with the company representing 14 major ports from Boston to Miami and along the Gulf Coast, avoiding a looming strike.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Mandich made her first appearance in court on Jan. 10, and has upcoming court appearances set for Jan. 22 and Jan. 24, the latter of which will be a preliminary examination.Bailey Richards, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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According to a preliminary estimate from AccuWeather, the wildfires are the costliest in U.S. history, with the damage being valued between $135 billion and $150 billion.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Jan. 2025
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Unfortunately, Leibniz became all too fascinated by theoretical questions of dynamics, exasperating the miners.Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Each year, the Robot – a naïve stock-picking paradigm, generates a theoretical portfolio of ten very unpopular stocks.John Dorfman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Exploratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exploratory. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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