How to Use exploratory in a Sentence

exploratory

adjective

• No deals are in place, and talks are still in the exploratory stage.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2021
• Over the next three days: Go on an exploratory Amalfi drive (the views!
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 2 June 2021
• Plans for exploratory landings can blow up at the last minute.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• The sites for two exploratory wells are in the lower right side of this photograph.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2021
• Tyler Brown made an exploratory visit to the state in January 2021, went to a Free State meet-up at a pub, and soon was sold.
  — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022
• Then the music changed and the whole world of music became more blues slanted and more exploratory.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• The team used radar to track each bee’s exploratory flight pattern for between 20 minutes and three hours.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
• The company also has an exploratory license through the DNR, which expires at the end of the month, Callan said.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2021
• Smith wanted the exploratory rules package used in the All-Star race and embraced by fans, and the roval is just the next uncharted step.
  — Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
• In the coming months, that exploratory work will start to be put into action.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2019
• That further reduced the search area to about 8 acres, where long exploratory trenches were dug last year.
  — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2022
• That further reduced the search area to about 8 acres (3 hectares), where long exploratory trenches were dug last year.
  — Mark Scolforo, ajc, 28 Oct. 2022
• The true essence of dating as a single person is the exploratory phase of getting to know people.
  — Taryn Bushrod, Essence, 5 Aug. 2021
• Venus and Mercury in Cancer put you in exploratory mode.
  — USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
• The San Rafael Desert has seen extensive exploratory drilling for oil and gas through the years but has yet to see any production.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
• The companies have already spent more than $2 billion on exploratory work and to prepare for the project.
  — Clifford Krauss Tamir Kalifa, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• So, does this exploratory study apply to the majority of us who are ... ahem... a bit less fit?
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 30 Aug. 2019
• While the visuals may be lacking, the structure and gameplay of the new exploratory title are not.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• With the mood set, a team of Israeli researchers had been working on a first exploratory trial since 2014.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Oct. 2019
• The company also has an exploratory license through the DNR, which expired at the end of June.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2021
• The effort is still in the exploratory phase, with no timetable on deployment of a working system.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2019
• Payback, cavemen, mental illness, an exploratory crawl through the dark: the starter for the Cage sourdough.
  — Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
• In May, Rosneft started exploratory drilling at the western edge of Taymyr.
  — Alec Luhn, National Geographic, 12 Aug. 2020
• That’s because the FBI sent a version of the study directly to them in a bulletin, which was not labeled exploratory.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2022
• This fragrance is a call to the wild, fitting for those who appreciate a scent that’s both bold and exploratory.
  — Jose Ryller, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
• The rise of bubble subs promises to pay exploratory dividends for decades to come.
  — William J. Broad, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2019
• The Bridge allows us to be more exploratory, more interested in how a process works.
  — charlotteobserver, 4 June 2019
• But for me, this new exploratory phase has been a serious game changer (and a choice that’s been long overdue).
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2021
• Endeavor has retained The Raine Group to assist with the exploratory process.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
• But when participants were in a room without strong smells, those exploratory sniffs largely did not occur, and the breathing patterns of both smelling and non-smelling people looked very similar.
  — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024