as in investigation
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
a candidate for the priesthood must be able to withstand an intense probation of his personal character
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Recent Examples of probation
But that time, he was sentenced to 20 days in jail and a year of probation.
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Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
When the tents disappeared, the leaves were rescinded—but a small group of Harvard College students, including thirteen seniors due to graduate, were put on probation.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Richard Rogers, a 45-year-old man from Billings, Mont., was sentenced to four years of probation for threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after growing personal anger over the government not shooting down a Chinese spy balloon that floated over Rogers' hometown.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
He was sentenced to six months of probation and must pay $1,996.44 in restitution.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
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Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
When the tents disappeared, the leaves were rescinded—but a small group of Harvard College students, including thirteen seniors due to graduate, were put on probation.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Richard Rogers, a 45-year-old man from Billings, Mont., was sentenced to four years of probation for threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after growing personal anger over the government not shooting down a Chinese spy balloon that floated over Rogers' hometown.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
He was sentenced to six months of probation and must pay $1,996.44 in restitution.
—Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for probation
Noun
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No further details are anticipated until the examination results are known.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The severity—and seemingly continuous spread—of cases in recent outbreaks has experts calling for a closer examination of the nation’s rates of childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations.—
Ripley Cleghorn,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2025
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The timely project quickly drew five offers, including inquiries from Hulu, Netflix and Amazon.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2025
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The White House also did not respond to ABC News' inquiry about Bondi's pending report.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The poet, who died in 1976, injects mournful omniscience into explorations of heartache.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Starman is the story of Gentry Lee, currently chief engineer for planetary exploration at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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Unlike private insurers with high patient turnover, veterans typically remain in the VHA system for life, allowing for long-term impact studies.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, functional imaging studies have explored people’s responses to food images and found that people with ADHD or binge eating disorder have stronger responses than those without either disorder.—
Cheyenne Buckingham,
SELF,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Probation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probation. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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