examine
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Some of the more interesting sections of this briskly written book examine the psychological reasons why constraints can lead to creative breakthroughs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Researchers also used Raman spectroscopy to examine the fossils' chemical makeup.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
Techniques such as “receiver operating characteristic curve analysis” examine how changing the threshold for an alert alters the balance between correctly identifying real events and mistakenly flagging harmless ones.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The work by Rabone, from South Staffordshire, will examine how well the white stork can adapt to different environments and habitats, alongside what the public, farmers and land managers think about the plans.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Mr. St. John—sitting as still as one of the dusty pictures on the walls, keeping his eyes fixed on the page he perused, and his lips mutely sealed—was easy enough to examine.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 5
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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