exploration
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AI is the latest chapter in a long history of oil-and-gas engineers expanding the frontiers of exploration and squeezing more hydrocarbons from fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Critics have described Bridgers new album - her first solo record in six years - as a "daring exploration of love, grief and renewal", external.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In March, the NBA board of governors had approved the exploration of franchise expansion in Las Vegas and Seattle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The broader effort is intended to support long-term exploration and eventually establish a sustained human presence on the lunar surface alongside continuing robotic operations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
They stood watching it in fascination, as it moved blindly, in jerks, a sly, hesitating exploration.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Like that film, the new one is an interesting if decidedly uneven work about pop-cultural obsession as an outlet for the more personal and tormented explorations of the protagonist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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
Unlike recent explorations of pop superstardom in “The Moment,” “Smile 2” or “A Star is Born” — all fascinating depictions that focus on the varied perils of fame — Lowery aims for something more enigmatic.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
I would make voyages, discoveries, explorations with words and try to put some of that meaning back.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing exploration
Western Europe - Introductory
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Western Europe - Middle School and High School
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The Renaissance and Early Modern European History - Introductory
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