as in to explore
to search through or into
experts investigating new ways of dealing with the problem
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The state health department is working with two local health departments — South Plains Public Health District and Lubbock Public Health — to investigate the outbreak.
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Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Tekashi’s camp then called the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, which dispatched Bomb Squad officers to investigate the strange parcel.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 14 Feb. 2025
To investigate whether a similar mechanism was at play in humans, the researchers fed volunteers a sugar solution – and found that the same region of the brain reacted to the substance.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 14 Feb. 2025
Deputies began investigating and interviewed about 30 other people.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Tekashi’s camp then called the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, which dispatched Bomb Squad officers to investigate the strange parcel.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 14 Feb. 2025
To investigate whether a similar mechanism was at play in humans, the researchers fed volunteers a sugar solution – and found that the same region of the brain reacted to the substance.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 14 Feb. 2025
Deputies began investigating and interviewed about 30 other people.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Investigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigate. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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