probing
Example Sentences
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Think of agents as autonomous digital bots that roam up and down a company probing and executing its business process.
Possibilities include probing gender dynamics within Neanderthal society, or migration habits -- perhaps males were likely to leave their societies while females stayed with their families, for example.
From Barron's
Why limit the capacity of the Freedom of Information Act to allow probing questions of the monarchy?
From BBC
Andrew hasn’t commented on the allegations, and the police haven’t detailed exactly what aspects of his time in office they are probing.
The game began like a heavyweight title fight, with both teams cautiously probing the other for weaknesses.
From Los Angeles Times
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