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exploration

[ek-spluh-ray-shuhn] / ˌɛk spləˈreɪ ʃən /


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Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles went boldly into ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ rethinking the text with director Georgia Oakley, who encouraged exploration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Kings’ exploration of tech’s litigation underbelly arrives at at a critical moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

They said the British energy giant should be held responsible because of its past and current greenhouse gas emissions associated with exploration, production and sale of fossil fuels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

The researchers believe the technology could eventually serve several purposes, with satellites and space exploration among the most promising possibilities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Explorer and Sputnik programs continued with scientific exploration, although both the United States and the Soviet Union still had the occasional failure.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Great artworks, like poetry, transform their subjects through rhythm, tension and metaphor, inviting viewers on explorations that unfold, deepen and surprise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Users create maps, fictional diary entries, survival guides, found-footage videos and first-person explorations that collectively expand the world.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

He described the vows as "long, entertaining, personal, charming, emotional, irreverent and endearing explorations by each" about how they met and why they wanted to be married.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Unlike recent explorations of pop superstardom in “The Moment,” “Smile 2” or “A Star is Born” — all fascinating depictions that focus on the varied perils of fame — Lowery aims for something more enigmatic.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

But symphonies were supposed to be explorations, journeys to find out what would happen if you took a clutch of short melodic ideas and elaborated on them.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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