thorough
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“He has been suspended from ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and we are recasting while we conduct a thorough investigation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Corney, who worked in the Cabinet Office between 2018 and 2021 and says he was in weekly and then daily meetings about designing alerts, wants a "thorough review".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
OpenAI is a major Azure customer, and more thorough disclosures might have shed light on Azure’s true performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Buckingham’s office is now surveying state tracts in the area and “conducting a thorough review of relevant titles and deeds to better determine the location and extent of any potential trespass,” she added.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
They agreed that a gap of three stones was acceptable, if Justin left thorough instructions for completion.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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