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
Volunteers will lead this exploratory hike through Lyonia Preserve.
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Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
Bore and Rowe noted that a major Play Secure sponsor re-engineered its own training platform to remove the scoreboards and take a more exploratory approach based after the conference.
—Abigail Dubiniecki, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Set in an industrial warehouse in London, the campaign brings attention to sculptural movement via exploratory and fluid choreography.
—Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
Photo: Office of Tangible Space Still, the majority of Angelenos who are looking are most likely still in an exploratory phase.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Jan. 2025
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Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2025
Bore and Rowe noted that a major Play Secure sponsor re-engineered its own training platform to remove the scoreboards and take a more exploratory approach based after the conference.
—Abigail Dubiniecki, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Set in an industrial warehouse in London, the campaign brings attention to sculptural movement via exploratory and fluid choreography.
—Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
Photo: Office of Tangible Space Still, the majority of Angelenos who are looking are most likely still in an exploratory phase.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for exploratory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploratory
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The show’s origins lie in its creator Greg Kotis’s rage at having to pay for public toilets in Europe after performing at a festival in Romania with his experimental troupe, the Neo-Futurists.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Kangaroo egg injected with sperm The experimental IVF process saw embryos produced by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), which as the video demonstrates, is a delicate procedure that sees a single sperm injected directly into a mature egg.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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Idahoans United said details in the financial statement — including mention of the state’s $850 million annual Medicaid budget — are misleading and speculative.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2025
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The precise modeling of potential gains and losses for such speculative investments is basically impossible.—
Vineer Bhansali,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Trump slapped 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico at the start of February, briefly rocking markets, but later suspended the duties for one month after reaching tentative agreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Claudia Sheinbaum.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
12 Feb. 2025
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The slightly earlier-than-planned trip home was made possible by a tentative decision last week to switch the next set of station fliers — Crew 10 — to a different Crew Dragon spacecraft, one that can be ready for launch as early as March 12, with weather and other factors considered.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Crowley-Sanders is next scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 27 and is currently being held in custody on a $1 million bond, according to court records.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Judge Jackson will hold a hearing on February 26 at 10:00am to consider imposing a preliminary injunction.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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This type of cosmic phenomenon is named after the famous theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, whose theory of general relativity proposed that objects with mass distort the fabric of spacetime—making such 'gravitational lensing' effects possible.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Elsie supplements her work as an adjunct professor in theoretical physics by offering up herself as a fake girlfriend.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Exploratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exploratory. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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