examine
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When researchers examine what actually increases birth rates in a way that improves public and societal health, it’s not encouraging teens and young adults to have babies.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
"Our expectations were simply following along with that consensus, but once we sampled the hyoid and saw features that strongly indicated maturity, we knew that we had to examine that idea more skeptically."
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
The team says this is the first time sonar mapping and satellite imagery have been brought together in this way to examine Lough Neagh and "attempt to quantify the range of potential impacts".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Auditors are required to examine specific business transactions and financial documents to verify that they actually exist, and are recorded and accounted for accurately.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Directly under us, in his backyard, he’d laid out a giant tarp and positioned a video camera so that we could play the drops back and examine them.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Vocabulary lists containing examine
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 5
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 3
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