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exploration

[ek-spluh-ray-shuhn] / ˌɛk spləˈreɪ ʃən /


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"She's a wonderful find from the time of the great voyages of exploration, where Europe reached out to the other continents," said Charles Ferris, chair of Friends of the Newport Ship.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

This region is an important focus of future lunar exploration, and the missions are designed to expand how much of the Moon humans can investigate directly.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Where BP allocates spending across its upstream portfolio and an update on its Brazilian exploration efforts will also be in focus, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Australian gas exploration company Santos and Papua New Guinea's national energy company Kumul Petroleum are among the other major partners.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Once the grid was installed, the first target of exploration was the ship itself.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

For this couple, like those featured in other such explorations, most of this spending is on items that result from choices, not necessities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

More than 100 of his creations made from the 1950s through the 1980s outline his career, from its beginnings in functional pottery to explorations in abstract formalist constructions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Users create maps, fictional diary entries, survival guides, found-footage videos and first-person explorations that collectively expand the world.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

The key is to regularly engage in more than purely intellectual explorations of economic policy and investment strategy.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

The sailors all took the greatest delight in watching the curious little birds at their explorations.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater


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