investigatory
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Lord Leveson, the investigatory powers commissioner and a former Court of Appeal justice, said that as a judge "if the security service said something to me, then I would accept it".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
And as Schiltz wrote, the Justice Department “struggled—without success—to identify a single plausible investigatory justification” for its subpoenas.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
Paula works as a fact-checker at a New York City newsmagazine, a job chosen, I imagine, to account for her investigatory chops, though not her tendency to put herself in dangerous situations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
That decision junked Mr. Khan’s own investigatory timeline, shocking his ICC staff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
The Advancement of Learning is a brilliant popular exposition of the cause of scientific enquiry and of the inductive or investigatory method of research.
From English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by G. H. (George Herbert) Mair
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