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investigation

[in-ves-ti-gay-shuhn] / ɪnˌvɛs tɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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Clue leads to clue in next to no time, this being an episodic show that needs to tie a bow around an investigation in something like 42 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The BBC sought comment from Bechi, his mother and the Shiddiqiyyah boarding school as part of its investigation but received no response.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

That prompted the Paris police to ask prosecutors to open an investigation into Bagayoko for incitement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Further investigation revealed that lacosamide also changes the way cells communicate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

To be honest, I don’t have a lot of faith in Sheriff Ocasek’s investigation.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Beyond helping astronauts live and work on the Moon, the knowledge gained from these investigations could prove essential to NASA's longer-term goal of sending humans to Mars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Their accuracy has been questioned by the public services watchdog and critics warned there were doubts about their reliability in safety investigations and court cases.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Police have opened 18 internal investigations into allegations of misconduct since the protests began, Nunez said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Trade policy tends to arrive in public dressed in abstraction: percentages, agreements, investigations, duties, markets.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

For the next number of years, Maggie traveled between New York and London taking part in a variety of spirit investigations or other work as a medium.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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