examine
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The limited image resolution of those observations meant researchers could not examine the source closely enough to determine whether protons or electrons were responsible for the gamma rays.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Research in the field is advancing quickly because terahertz frequencies, 1,000 times faster than used for electronic components, could offer powerful new ways to examine and manipulate matter.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Theater operated as a civic technology, a structured environment in which a society could examine itself in public.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
He said he would immediately start to examine, with Chancellor John Healey, how to boost the pay and training of care workers, something he said would be "fully funded" from existing budgets.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
While Harry paused to examine the wares in the bazaar, Bailey rushed ahead to squeal in delight at a procession of saddled camels.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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The record examines the collapse of her marriage to actor David Harbour in unvarnished detail.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Work on the site has continued steadily for the past 15 months, including truck traffic, tunnel reinforcements and a new security perimeter, according to Albright’s institute, which examines nuclear and nonproliferation issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The display will focus mostly on Mexican American cinema, but examines those films in conversation with Mexican features and other Spanish-language movies, made both in Hollywood and internationally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The study examines these thermodynamic effects in Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmological spacetimes, which are mathematical models commonly used to describe a Universe that expands uniformly on large scales.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
He examines a copy of Streeters Precious Stones and Gems; drawings of cleavage panes; trigonometric charts used for faceting.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Copenhagen examined proportional representation and first-past-the-post systems.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Over the following weeks, investigators examined an exposed bone found by a hiker 10 miles from the Guthrie house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
In the models examined by the researchers, the extra force does make dark matter cluster more effectively.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
The second unknown lineage became visible when researchers examined genomes from populations in Oceania, including people living across the island nations of the Pacific Ocean.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Jake examined the tower of stacked rocks on the right.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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The 45-year-old, from Edinburgh, who is himself a "proud ginger", began taking pictures in his homeland in 2013 as part of a series examining Scottish identity.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
After closely examining the short-snouted animal, Yale paleontologists determined that it belonged to a previously unknown species.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
But they were wrong — the features were familiar to virologists, just not to the ones examining SARS-CoV-2.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Gathered around a rectangular table, he announced his plan: five panels of outside experts would spend the next few months examining how the Fed reads the economy and explains itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Abina looked up, examining Ella's twists, and mumbled, “Yeah...might be the only thing we have in common with Conjurors.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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