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The mountain's moderate pitch creates ideal conditions for exploratory cruising across 3,170 acres of skiable terrain and 100 conventional trails.—
Shelby Knick,
Forbes.com,
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The largest tech companies, such as Google, can fund exploratory research but without the same breadth of subjects or tolerance for failure—and these giants are the exception, not the norm.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2025
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For instance, for her Coachella debut Tyla brought an experimental island flavor to the desert.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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From Experiments To Enterprise-Wide Automation 2024 marked AI's experimental phase, with businesses testing isolated applications.—
Oleksandr Sheremeta,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The team already took a developmental pass-rusher in the first round last year, so the pick could be used more wisely in 2025.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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As developmental psychologist Robert Kegan shows in his research on adult development and organizational complexity, leaders sometimes conflate decisiveness with speed.—
Michael Hudson,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps there is no more probative example of this when the current president would not rule out using American military force to take Greenland and/or the Panama Canal.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.—
James Goldgeier,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2018
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DuBose denied Libby's motion for a preliminary injunction Friday, ruling the process House Speaker Ryan Fecteau used to impose the sanction reflected the will of the majority of Maine House members.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The preliminary injunction is to remain in effect until the court issues a final ruling.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Investigative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigative. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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