exploratory

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In the late ’50s his musically exploratory efforts continued via “Tenor Madness,” a recording in which he is paired with Coltrane, showcasing the two principal tenor saxophone stylists of the era.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Everyone is doomed in Mr. Diaz’s account of European colonialism and exploratory naval history—not just the primitive Filipinos and Indonesians but the Portuguese on the mission from their silent God.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

I’m hoping a more experimental, exploratory approach to providing information, context and interpretation, in keeping with the rest of the enterprise, might yet come.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Much of that work is exploratory and uncertain.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

I’d made the same kind of exploratory phone calls on his behalf, hoping for a more encouraging response, but didn’t get one.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz