as in investigations
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
I'll have to do some research for this project
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to search through or into
researched the public record for more information about her great-grandparents
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Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
Charles Chieppo, a senior fellow at the Pioneer Institute who studies and researches transit, agreed with Wilson.
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Saab, who is also an adjunct professor at Brown University, researches pain biomarkers, including through EEG measurements and AI.
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Private vendors also have been working on such apps, said Jennifer Wagner, who researches Medicaid eligibility and enrollment at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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As the narrator, a professor separated from his wife, obsessively researches the death, his investigation fuels his parenting and relationship woes and leads him into a thicket of conspiracy theories.
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The Puerto Rican scientist researches tropical atmospheric systems, with a focus on how water vapor and humidity play a key role in shaping the weather there.
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It's called a parasocial relationship, according to Melvin Williams, who researches gender and pop culture at Pace University.
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The company is a climate technology company that manufactures, researches and designs HVAC air treatment systems.
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In part, that may be because Scott’s team researches and vets groups extensively before making donations.
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Short, 75, joins Martin and Gomez in the popular Only Murders in the Building series as Oliver, one member of the true-crime-loving trio entangled in investigations across New York City.—
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In 2020, the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Maduro and 14 co-conspirators, with charges stemming from investigations conducted in collaboration with the DEA.—
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The podcast explores the dark histories behind folklore.—
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Set in the distant future, the series explores life at the legendary academy, where the first class in over 100 years is preparing for deep-space duty.—
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The hospital directed all inquiries to the NYPD.—
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Malliotakis has not been in contact with the family of Luckey-Lange, son of the late musician Diane Luckey, but initially reached out to the State Department after her office received inquiries about his detention from local and state media.—
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The commission also investigates complaints of discrimination and harassment, and looks into issues regarding employment, housing, education and credit.—
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.—
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There are scientific and sound studies to back up OneSkin’s Peptide Age Reversal Moisturizer’s claims, but shopper testimonies, too—between the brand’s website and Amazon, this has 5,000 five-star ratings.—
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Despite that goal, however, multiple studies show the minimum wage isn't nearly enough to survive in the Mile High City, even when working full-time.—
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The document is above; a full Associated Press report examines the changes and includes reaction from experts.—
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Le Guin examines unchecked power, eugenics, and the ethics of governance in this inventive and consistently surprising novel, which explores the limits of trying to manifest a better world.—
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By age 14, Abergel had dropped out of school, taken his graduate record examinations and ventured to New York in hopes of one day joining the American Ballet Theatre.—
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Nardello is described as a global investigations firm with expertise in tracing company assets, financial examinations, and criminal and civil white collar litigation, the committee said.—
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There are some explorations of our neurology and experiences that can only come from the inside.—
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Natasha Wimmer, Now I Surrender Riverhead, March 3 Álvaro Enrigue is a contemporary master of historical fiction and his new book continues his complex explorations of colonialism in the Americas.—
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“Researches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/researches. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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