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as in to investigate
to search through or into
communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions
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Recent Examples of explore
That’s what the team hopes to explore in the future.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2025
Efforts are underway to open the site to the public, allowing divers and visitors to explore its historical treasures.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Lawler acknowledged the problems with mold but said Westchester County had offered alternative space to keep the office open and claimed that SSA refused to explore alternatives offered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Thompson and Eaton are two candidates, but the front office is also exploring external options.
—Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2025
Efforts are underway to open the site to the public, allowing divers and visitors to explore its historical treasures.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Lawler acknowledged the problems with mold but said Westchester County had offered alternative space to keep the office open and claimed that SSA refused to explore alternatives offered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
Thompson and Eaton are two candidates, but the front office is also exploring external options.
—Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explore
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Reporter Rosemary Coulter and retired Mountie Bill Avery teamed up once again to investigate a train robbery, while Governor Lucas Bouchard and Mayor Lee Coulter quite literally found common ground.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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Eleven former youth counselors have been arrested since the attorney general's office began investigating the facility in 2019, though charges against one were dropped, another was found incompetent to stand trial and a third died awaiting trial.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2025
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This technology helps ensure that ads are relevant to what customers are actually searching for and browsing—unlike traditional retail media ad servers that operate independently from a retailer’s organic product recommendations.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ann Arbor police searched his home shortly after he was fired.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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His 2020 documentary Vivos examined the shocking disappearance of a group of students who were seized in Mexico’s Guerrero state.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2025
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Its methodologies compel leaders and their teams to rigorously examine their most fundamental beliefs, anticipate disruptive scenarios, and prepare adaptive responses.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Explore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explore. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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