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research
noun as in examination, study
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delving, experimentation, groundwork, inquest, inquisition, probing, quest, scrutiny
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R and D, fact-finding, fishing expedition, legwork
verb as in examine, study
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Example Sentences
The Oregon Health and Science University research team's technique takes the nucleus – which houses a copy of the entire genetic code needed to build the body – out of a skin cell.
He still brakes for bad puns and double-negative understatements, but he avoids the kind of under-metabolized research that sometimes alienated his early readers.
New research explains why forests planted for logging purposes fuel devastating wildfires more often than untouched land.
He called for more money to be put into research on brain tumours, to hasten research into alternative treatments for the condition.
Last year, the California Mountain Lion Project — a research effort headed by academics and environmentalists — revealed that previous projections of the wild mountain lion population in California were incorrect.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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