exploratory
adjective
ex·plor·ato·ry
ik-ˈsplȯr-ə-ˌtȯr-ē 
: of, relating to, or being exploration
exploratory surgery
exploratory drilling for oil
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Bringing samples of the rock home is very much on NASA’s exploratory agenda.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
First, exploratory roundtables with UK directors across sectors, identifying how executives thought about GenAI—what excited them, what worried them.
—London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
During Tuesday’s City Council meeting, members approved a resolution calling for the creation of a fire services exploratory committee.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Later this month, the Television Academy will start the exploratory talks on whether to simply continue the wheel — which has been in place since 1995 — or do something completely different.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
First, exploratory roundtables with UK directors across sectors, identifying how executives thought about GenAI—what excited them, what worried them.
—London Business School, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
During Tuesday’s City Council meeting, members approved a resolution calling for the creation of a fire services exploratory committee.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Later this month, the Television Academy will start the exploratory talks on whether to simply continue the wheel — which has been in place since 1995 — or do something completely different.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exploratory
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exploratory
adjective
ex·plor·ato·ry
ik-ˈsplōr-ə-ˌtōr-ē, -ˈsplȯr-, -ˌtȯr-
: of, relating to, or being exploration
exploratory surgery
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