examine
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Instead of targeting a single valuable metal, the researchers plan to examine the full mixture of elements inside each deposit.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is, likewise, the fate of children to, at some level, realize true things about their parents that they would not like to examine too closely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
They also examine the Smithsonian’s uncertain legal status, and whether the museum’s real problem is chaotic organization rather than ideology.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Under the now-scrapped June road map, a separate faculty work group was to examine whether the 15 courses needed to change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Hitler sent his own doctor to examine the baby.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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In our Saturday Essay, Pamela Paul examines the growing divide over whether sociology’s mission is to pursue objective truth or advance social change, and what that means beyond academia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The display will focus mostly on Mexican American cinema, but examines those films in conversation with Mexican features and other Spanish-language movies, made both in Hollywood and internationally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
It examines how changing sea levels and ocean oxygen conditions affected phosphate availability and atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 60 million years.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Bernstein examines how easy it is to be swept away by an environment where consequences don’t seem real.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Detective Douglass examines Justyce’s face—which makes him feel like a cockroach under a magnifying glass.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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The team examined where these cells appear in the body, how they function, and how they connect with other tissues and nerves.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Per the Washington Post, Davis-Mack claimed that a nurse who examined their daughter filed a report with the D.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Regrettably, I can confirm that the significance of the information stored on Al-Shamie's devices was not realised as they had not been examined before the attack took place on the 2 October 2025," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
When the researchers examined participants one month later with DTI, they found signs that neural tracts were denser and showed greater integrity.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Bartok held the towline and examined it foot by foot.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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In particular, they’re examining how bacteria from diseased gums, and the immune response they trigger, may contribute to conditions including heart disease, diabetes, cognitive decline, arthritis, respiratory disease and chronic liver disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The Lampard Inquiry is examining the deaths of more than 2,000 mental health patients in Essex over a 24-year period.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Stephenson said ministers should work with the EU to secure alternative markets for the refinery's alumina while preparing contingency plans, including examining nationalisation if necessary.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The writing group called for more randomized controlled trials examining caffeine in coffee and other caffeinated products.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
At the exit door to the building was a second ordeal, a line of women guards examining each prisoner again.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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