Thesaurus results for RESEARCHES

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noun

plural of research

as in investigations

a systematic search for the truth or facts about something I'll have to do some research for this project

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verb

present tense third-person singular of research

as in explores

to search through or into researched the public record for more information about her great-grandparents

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Recent Examples of researches

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Melanie Challenger Melanie Challenger writes, researches, and broadcasts on the history of ideas, the history and philosophy of science, and the relationship between humans and the living world. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 Decades after researches first sequenced the human genome, scientists throughout the world are still working to understand it. — Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026 Having heard of the fruitful researches carried on by you last year on the hitherto little understood properties of water surfaces. — Mariel Carr, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2026 The feminine advantage, beginning with the first spoken word, increases with age, according to recent researches in the language development of preschool children, girls being first to employ phrases and using longer sentences. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 27 Feb. 2026 In testing the battery using a hot plate as the heat source, the researches connected 10 cells in series and powered an LED light. — IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2019

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Emmerson Overell researches threats to security at FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation. — Mark Montgomery, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD, dean of the University of Buffalo’s School of Public Health and an epidemiologist who researches what influences women’s health and led the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) steering committee. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Sep. 2026 Jingdezhen’s Imperial Kiln Institute researches and restores ceramics excavated from an adjacent complex, where pieces for emperors were crafted in kilns whose remains are still visible today. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 Stephan Taylor, a University of Michigan professor of psychiatry, researches the diagnosis and treatment of major psychiatric disorders like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 At the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Marcel Lewandowsky researches what makes a democracy resilient and is the author of the book What Populists Want. — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 Garden Media researches global consumer trends to predict what will be coming up in gardening, landscape design, and green living, and its 2027 Garden Trends Report just dropped. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 3 Sep. 2026 Bernard Koch, an assistant sociology professor at the University of Chicago who researches artificial intelligence, said worries about AI’s impact on people's lives are probably fueling the uproar over data centers and Flock cameras. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 The current divide over rent control is to be expected, said Kenton Card, an assistant professor at San Jose State University who researches rent reforms. — Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2026

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With many in the party pushing for investigations of potential malfeasance by the administration, party leaders will face tough choices about consequences if those probes do turn up wrongdoing.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
During the same briefing, the administration also announced investigations into nine universities, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, over alleged misuse of exchange-visitor visas.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of investigations

Verb

Her work explores themes of memory, identity and the emotional textures of daily life.

— New York Times Games, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
New Investigation Discovery series The Serial Killer Connection explores those through the case of true monster Richard Evonitz, who kidnapped and killed at least three teenage girls in the '80s and '90s.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of explores

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If lenders perform hard credit inquiries, try to complete your rate shopping within a 14- to 45-day window; credit-scoring models generally treat multiple auto-loan inquiries made within this period as a single inquiry.

— Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
The United Way of Connecticut, which runs the state’s 2-1-1 human services referral line, reported about 23,000 phone and web inquiries regarding food assistance in September, up 84% from the same month in 2025.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of inquiries

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Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta subpoenaed OpenAI on Wednesday as the state investigates cybersecurity incidents involving the AI company and its models.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Based in Los Angeles, McMillian investigates the historical and socioeconomic forces shaping American culture, particularly that of the American South.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of investigates

Noun

The trial began in July and is one of several studies launched to find some protection and another way of at least slowing the outbreak.

— CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
However, as some researchers have pointed out, the available studies didn’t assess whether emotions are actually regulated through the chatbot, and therefore conflate distress relief with attachment.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of studies

Verb

For more on this, check out STAT’s Katie Palmer’s excellent addition to her timely series Paying for AI, which examines how new clinical AI tools influence the affordability of health care and patients’ long-term health.

— O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Given how closely the film examines Musk’s ties to the far right, why not explore that incident further?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of examines

Noun

In part, these changes have been spurred by – and continue to spur – deeper examinations of Islamic teachings by religious leaders as well as civilian scholars.

— Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent technical examinations reveal several modifications beneath the pictorial surface.

— Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of examinations

Noun

Part of it has to do with Tariq, a Pakistani American filmmaker who partially grew up in Texas and has a knack for embedding a dizzying aesthetic into cross-cultural explorations.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Hadrian’s Wall is the place of continuing archeological discovery, even after all these years and explorations.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Sep. 2026

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