exploratory

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He intends to sign an exploratory agreement with San Diego, along with his counterpart at Arizona’s Department of Water Resources.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In settings where innovation is uncertain, long-term and difficult to evaluate, financial pressure to deliver quicker results can similarly shift effort away from more exploratory, high-impact ideas.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

It’s still early days in the exploratory push, and actual drilling on new land acquisitions could be years away, Fryklund noted.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Antonio held exploratory talks with the Championship club over a pay-as-you-play deal, before choosing to move to Qatar instead.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

About thirty men in all disembark for the exploratory trip, most of them gentlemen and sailors.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone