exploratory

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Exploratory spacecraft can take 10 years or more to develop and require the assemblage of teams of trained engineers, designers, and other professionals.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Exploratory behavior out of mutual curiosity among children around the same age is fairly typical.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2024

Exploratory types easily cover 200 meters within 20 minutes in the tent, hopping from one tray to the next.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024

Exploratory drilling is expensive and uncertain, and industry leaders say government backing is required to make that initial phase manageable for companies.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023

Runner furnished with the Exploratory and Registering Apparatus of the Various Paces 285 117.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard