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as in to search
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery we must continue to explore the depths of the ocean

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Recent Examples of explore That’s what the team hopes to explore in the future. 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 See All Example Sentences for explore
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  • There have also been several studies that aim to investigate the health impacts of congestion pricing schemes.
    Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The closure of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Office of Equity Assurance effectively hobbles internal efforts at the VA to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities the department itself has acknowledged.
    Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 11 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
  • 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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  • This research examined how individuals with disabilities get into and get out of two current U.S. spacecraft designed to carry crew.
    Jesse Rhoades, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The programming examined the region and the work done over the past decade, as well as looking ahead to amplifying regional perspectives with thought, foresight, and a focus issues related to funding.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 11 Mar. 2025

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“Explore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explore. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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