investigate
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French prosecutors in July asked for access to X’s algorithm to investigate whether it was biased.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
To investigate the eclipse's impact, Fernando analyzed seismic data collected throughout April 2024 from several hundred monitoring stations.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
"As it stands right now, we do not have any definitive links with Quinn and other offences, but it is something that we are continuing to investigate."
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Detectives have been assigned to investigate the five burglaries.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
But as the world grew wiser and science began to investigate, my younger sister and myself began to adapt our experiments to our audiences.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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