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
Fat-blocking microbeads made with green tea, vitamin E and seaweed could offer a new way to lose weight and a potential alternative to popular GLP-1 drugs and bariatric surgery, according to exploratory new research.
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Orgy Dome is a safe, inclusionary, and exploratory environment.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
Both players were raised in exploratory talks with other teams, and Jennings would be easier to move than Dugger, considering the latter’s contract.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Impromptu, soulful, vibrant and exploratory.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Orgy Dome is a safe, inclusionary, and exploratory environment.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
Both players were raised in exploratory talks with other teams, and Jennings would be easier to move than Dugger, considering the latter’s contract.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Impromptu, soulful, vibrant and exploratory.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exploratory
Adjective
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The experiment provided important experimental data and technical support through long-term operation tests and physical research.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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These new additions transform staking from an experimental concept to a real-world product of regulated finance.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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For a story that could be this dark, what a gift to be able to recount some of these things, but with a tone that doesn’t need to be wildly investigative and uncomfortable and unsettling.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Overreaction to speculative news remains a significant risk to investors.—
Dryden Pence,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Any financial instruments mentioned herein are speculative in nature and may involve risk to principal and interest.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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Local chapters of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) unions reached tentative agreements with the company to avoid a mass labor shutdown, including UFCW Local 7, which represents grocery workers in Colorado and Wyoming, and UFCW Local 1564, which covers New Mexico.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Union and district officials reached tentative agreements in early August after several months of negotiations and union members voted to ratify them later that month, ahead of the current school year.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
10 Sep. 2025
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But officials expressed caution due to the preliminary nature of the investigation.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Whether the preliminary August reading of an anemic 22,000 jobs added to the economy holds true remains to be seen.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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That volume of data is impractical to fit theoretical models to deliver large-scale, accurate predictions.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The material enhances performance The team elucidated the material’s mechanism through a series of experimental analyses, including solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy, electron spin resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Exploratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exploratory. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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