examine
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This preliminary study is the first to examine how vitamin D supplement intake relates to cognitive function specifically in a high-risk group experiencing both MCI and sleep disturbances.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Let’s examine the hot topics for the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has convened several task forces, including one to examine how the Fed understands and responds to inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
ProPublica is setting out to examine military spending and its outcomes.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
On August 11, he drafted a memo to John Ehrlichman recommending: “A covert operation be undertaken to examine all the medical files still held by Ellsberg’s psychoanalyst.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
They used Mendelian randomization, a statistical method that examines naturally occurring genetic variants connected with risk factors and stroke.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
A comparative literature professor at Stanford University, his forthcoming book, “What Tech Calls Governing,” examines the increasingly authoritarian politics of Silicon Valley.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The court of appeals examines it next; it will reach the same conclusion as Judge Williams.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
From the director of ‘Tiger King,’ a new docuseries examines the cold-blooded, illegal trade in lizards and the like in the 1980s and the lives of those who facilitated it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He checks the bones in my wrist, examines my ankle.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
The Greenland sharks examined in the study were caught between 2020 and 2024 with scientific long lines near the University of Copenhagen's Arctic Station on Disko Island, Greenland.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Around 19% of jobs advertised on digital job boards in the second quarter were ghost jobs, according to Greenhouse, a hiring platform that examined its clients’ job postings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Essex Police examined the deaths of his father and grandfather after his conviction in 2024 and considered bringing new charges against him, although it is unclear what they related to.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Its unusual scientific importance became apparent when crinoid specialists Drs. Cole and Wright examined the specimen closely during a research visit.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
While Simon and the children examined the map, Penelope turned to Madame Ionesco.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
“Russ Vought and myself will be examining both on the revenue side and the cost side what we can do,” Bessent said, referring to the head of the White House’s budget office.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
It is also carefully examining alternate performance sites to be used during construction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
It also includes examining the company’s portfolio, which involves determining what it might outsource.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
By examining the placement of human remains and burial objects, the researchers reconstructed how generations of people repeatedly adapted the chamber for new burials.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
I had spent the day wearily over books, and, simply to keep my mind occupied, went over some of the matters I had been examining at Lincoln’s Inn.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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