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research

[ri-surch, ree-surch] / rɪˈsɜrtʃ, ˈri sɜrtʃ /




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A Gallup poll last month showed that when workers said they used AI, around half said they used it for tasks like writing, editing and research.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

New research suggests this may be happening with the build-out of data centers in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Burnham said: "I know there are changes that have been made in relation to research funding, but Jodrell Bank is a heritage asset for the country, as well as a research asset."

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

China is "clearly seeking Egypt's cooperation in managing and shaping regional affairs", said Liu Jia, a research fellow at the Singapore-based Middle East Institute.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Not for playing with Emma—does Camille think we’re six-year-olds who still have playdates?—but for some top-secret research.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Bauer researches historical and contemporary right-wing movements in the United States and recently wrote a book called “Making the Liberal Media.”

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

In the original, Hudson played a magazine journalist called Andie who researches an article about modern dating.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Mia village emerged in 1966 after the first blind fortune-teller settled there, according to the Seongbuk Cultural Centre, which researches the district's history.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

The most sustainable solution would be for retailers to slow down fashion cycles by designing products that are less trendy and more durable, said Vishal Agrawal, who researches sustainability in business at Georgetown University.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Lancelot re-appeared before they had taken their researches further than the date.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

That’s how Wagner found Daniel Paul, an architectural historian who researched and documented the 38-foot-tall cupola-style structure built in 1960 by Van Tassel, who ascribed it miraculous powers including antigravity, rejuvenation and time travel.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Pal researched multi-GPU parallelization, or ways of stitching many chips together, at Nvidia, and later co-founded Auradine, a bitcoin miner, where he designed what he describes as the lowest-voltage chip ever shipped.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Shields had researched and found information online suggesting the nearby southern entrance was less crowded.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

As part of their studies, they researched other single-handed pianists - such as Nicholas McCarthy and Leon Fleisher - who had made successful careers.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The extent to which this eroded indigenous cultural values and traditions is still researched and debated today.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Having spent the better part of two decades researching the psychology of work, I believe that audience entanglement doesn’t just happen to full-time influencers.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

Later, he spends his time reading, researching and talking to sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists and AI experts to try to stay ahead of where the technology is going.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

He recalls spending hours in the British Library researching property laws going back to the 14th Century, so that when challenged he was armed with the facts.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Plus, I didn’t waste hours researching and booking a la carte accommodations myself, where I could easily lose track of the trip’s total price tag.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

You’ll all be researching your question, because research is fun, fun, fun!

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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