examine
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This analysis allowed them to examine how age and cell type affected the activity of genes involved in autophagy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
A public inquiry will examine the deaths of two men killed during an attack at a synagogue in Manchester.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Summer Said and Georgi Kantchev examine how Mohammed’s own decisions have contributed to his predicament, with rising defense and infrastructure costs threatening to siphon away funds needed for the economic diversification push.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
It would also examine why the Cali Fund -- a UN financial instrument launched in February 2025 aiming to attract $1 billion a year in corporate contributions -- had raised only $6,000.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Did they ask Marvellers with an iron marvel to examine it?
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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First, it examines the protein, carbohydrate, and fat content of a person's diet and estimates how much usable energy is absorbed in the upper gastrointestinal tract.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 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
Using the college as a case study, her new class examines the purpose of American universities and the power struggles over their direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Meg picks up the centerpiece and examines it from every angle.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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He said he believed, to this day, the photographs should have examined by an expert.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Panorama's team examined what appeared to be bullet holes from the raid, still visible, which were clustered together on the walls low to the ground.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
"During the initial search, we had examined the walls, checking for hollow spaces," said Sainte.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
To determine whether this phenomenon might extend beyond their own experiments, the researchers examined more than 600 scientific papers on organic electrosynthesis published since 2010.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Baker decided it would be professionally improper to push his opposing view when he hadn't examined the wound.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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Albuquerque, 80, describes her work as examining the limits of human perception and asking what lies beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The 2023 study took this connection much further by examining its implications for biology.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
One of the study's major advances is that it evaluates several important physical processes together rather than examining them separately, as much previous research has done.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
"I have been diagnosing PCD for 20 years by examining their cilia waveform, length, cell size and shape," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Let me see,” I said, examining his hand.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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