exploration
Example Sentences
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"He said only 30 percent of their reserves have been explored and that there is substantial scope for exploration, processing minerals and also using them."
From Barron's
It has increased sea patrols by frigates, tightened rules for foreigners and talked of launching exploration of the surrounding sea bed, which holds deposits of precious rare earths in demand by modern industry.
"Honest intensity. Unapologetic exploration. At 94, one does not slow down. One turns the volume up," he said.
From Barron's
National Science Foundation and researchers around the world to advance the exploration of the universe.
From Los Angeles Times
“I was astonished,” Mr. Solomon writes, “to see how extensive and serious the plans for human space exploration had become.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.