How to Use explorative in a Sentence

explorative

adjective
  • Every few months since at least 2016, a new businessman would come along with ideas that felt very explorative of the Urkel character legacy and money-minded.
    Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The emergence of the technology is compared to past technologies that were a gateway to explorative advancements.
    Dylan Taylor, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Doechii would represent a fearless, bold, and all-around unapologetic version of the explorative sixth grader.
    Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Pisces is represented by the fish, and when lucky Jupiter illuminates your explorative ninth house, you’ll definitely be inspired to set sail.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Your explorative energy continues to rise throughout the day.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2020
  • But an explorative mindset doesn’t have to sacrifice those qualities.
    Bryan Green, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Iyer begins his season residency by inviting two of the jazz world’s most explorative and virtuosic pianists for this exclusive evening of duets.
    Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
  • From an early age, Garriott showed an inquisitive and explorative nature.
    Alex Moore, Robb Report, 24 July 2021
  • For Demi Lovato, the process of figuring out their gender identity has been mostly explorative but also tiring.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
  • Rumi used the Koran, Hadiths, and religion in an explorative way, often challenging conventional readings.
    Rozina Ali, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2017
  • The emotional Moon initially fusses over independent Jupiter, creating explorative moods and highly social attitudes.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023

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