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exploration

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


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The first products to come out of iRobot were aimed at mine detection and space exploration, but it was the Roomba that defined the company.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The Grateful Dead has always been about community, creativity, and exploration in music and presentation," Weir, Hart, Lesh and Kreutzmann said at the time.

From Barron's

That possibility has fueled decades of speculation about whether Europa could host life, placing it among the most important targets for exploration in the solar system.

From Science Daily

After four rounds of layoffs in two years that cut a quarter of its employees, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory now faces a daunting task: reclaiming its place at the vanguard of exploration and innovation.

From Los Angeles Times

“There was no large new discovery or production increase to justify a tripling of reserves through exploration alone,” Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management, wrote in a note on Tuesday.

From Barron's