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[ik-splawr, -splohr] / ɪkˈsplɔr, -ˈsploʊr /


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The two organisations recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore what might be possible.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Sleep offered researchers an ideal way to explore that question because mounting evidence suggests that sleep plays an important role in health.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

Bancel told Hoge the company, which had fewer than 100 employees at that point, lacked the capital to explore it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Soon-Shiong considered buying the Angels in 2022, in the window between owner Arte Moreno announcing he would explore selling the team and deciding the following year that he would not sell.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

I had purchased an old sailboat, which I wanted to use to explore the Pacific, and I kept this boat in Ventura, California.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Ms. Simpson explores the similarities between the power struggles of romantic relationships and the semantic tug of war between writers and their translators—and the role of fidelity in both situations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

It explores topics such as why using someone’s likeness to create AI-generated images without their consent is harmful.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Their conversation explores characters who hide their true nature behind carefully constructed personas, the role of technology in enabling obsession and revenge, and the social rituals that define contemporary London.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

In his new book, First Dogs: Hunter-Gatherers and their Canine Companions from Prehistory to the Present, archaeologist Professor Peter Mitchell explores dog domestication as a complicated and gradual process.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

If he explores east and west he is sure to explore south, too.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Cusk has previously explored this gap between truth and signifiers of truth in her “Outline” trilogy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Before turning to private loans, make sure you’ve explored all available federal loan options.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Wen and his colleagues explored this possibility by examining late life depression.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

The Reds have also explored the possibility of a move for Paris St-Germain's Ibrahim Mbaye.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

He picked through the rabbit skins, explored Nhamo’s back, and then scrambled onto her head.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

It is the seduction of surfaces Cusk is exploring here, the ways we are taken in by so much that is chimerical: lavish interiors, actors, our own doubled selves.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

He added that at sites where car production may stop, Volkswagen was exploring other "industrial solutions", pointing to advanced talks with companies from the defence industry over using its factory in Osnabrueck.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

I think it’s also worth exploring why such attacks continue to be so enticing – and so effective.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

This year, the eco-tour company Natural Habitat Adventures is debuting the archipelago’s first-ever electric panga, a maneuverable skiff ideal for exploring the coast.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Maybe that's why you have bar mitzvahs at thirteen—it's the perfect time to start exploring who you are.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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