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examine

[ig-zam-in] / ɪgˈzæm ɪn /




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Ofcom said its probe would examine whether Meta breached OSA duties by not carrying out "a suitable and sufficient illegal content risk assessment and children's risk assessment before the launch of Instants".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

By recording them before and after exercise, the researchers were able to examine how rapidly the digestive system responded to walking.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

In all three cases, as we examine in a paper with Terrence Keeley, the consensus was wrong and the public suffered severe consequences, while the architects of failure avoided accountability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Patriotism as enacted by the creative community takes the American experiment seriously enough to question, examine, remember what we’ve forgotten and catalyze collective American dreaming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

I don’t understand how he would need to examine the map for so long.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

This exhibition examines both aspects of the man, presenting more than 250 works from his holdings—by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Redon, Degas, Cezanne, Matisse, Vuillard and many others—alongside nearly 400 of his own creations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I am an associate professor of government at Cornell University, where my research through the Gender and Security Sector Lab examines how police and justice institutions can become more gender-responsive and trauma-informed.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

If a project could cause significant environmental harm that can’t easily be avoided, it undergoes a more detailed environmental review that examines its potential impacts and alternatives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Food Chain examines the business, science and cultural significance of food, and what it takes to put food on your plate.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Gale props one of his boots on the counter and examines the splatter of black on the toe.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The conservation group had previously called for work to be halted while the environmental requirements were examined.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

For the particular experimental system examined in this study, researchers already understand the basic mechanism.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Once there, Falwell examined the company ledgers and realized he had a problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

That’s the potentially awkward situation UPS CEO Carol Tomé faced when she examined the company’s business with Amazon, she recalled on the latest episode of WSJ Leadership Institute Presents: Leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Curious, she examined her fingers and wiggled her toes.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Upon examining the man’s papers, the British soldier “notices that the Wehrmacht stamp is smudged. Below it there appears to be a trace of a previously affixed rubber stamp.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

By examining the chemical fingerprints inside these old stars, scientists can infer what the first stars were like and how they began enriching the cosmos with its earliest chemical elements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

This would include examining courses with low enrollment and deciding whether participation can be increased or if money should be redirected to where it’s more needed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Investigators are examining whether this contributed to the incorrect warnings.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Let me see,” I said, examining his hand.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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