How to Use exploratory in a Sentence

exploratory

adjective

• In the coming months, that exploratory work will start to be put into action.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 27 Dec. 2019
• Then the music changed and the whole world of music became more blues slanted and more exploratory.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• The rise of bubble subs promises to pay exploratory dividends for decades to come.
  — William J. Broad, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2019
• Last year, the firm outlined an exploration plan that calls for nearly 70 miles of ice roads, and up to 23 ice pads to support six exploratory wells.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 14 Dec. 2019
• Show more Stringer launched an exploratory committee in January for next year’s mayoral election.
  — NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
• Poulson said Thursday that the union wants to form an exploratory committee to figure out whether establishing a trust would be viable.
  — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• For other candidates, the tally of visits and events begins since their campaign launch or exploratory committee, whichever came first.
  — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2019
• Booker launched an exploratory committee for a potential run in early November.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2019
• Good has filed a statement of organization for an exploratory committee for treasurer in 2020.
  — Kaitlin Lange, Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2019
• No deals are in place, and talks are still in the exploratory stage.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2021
• Over the next three days: Go on an exploratory Amalfi drive (the views!
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 2 June 2021
• Plans for exploratory landings can blow up at the last minute.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• The sites for two exploratory wells are in the lower right side of this photograph.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2021
• Tyler Brown made an exploratory visit to the state in January 2021, went to a Free State meet-up at a pub, and soon was sold.
  — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022
• The team used radar to track each bee’s exploratory flight pattern for between 20 minutes and three hours.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
• The company also has an exploratory license through the DNR, which expires at the end of the month, Callan said.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2021
• That further reduced the search area to about 8 acres, where long exploratory trenches were dug last year.
  — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2022
• That further reduced the search area to about 8 acres (3 hectares), where long exploratory trenches were dug last year.
  — Mark Scolforo, ajc, 28 Oct. 2022
• The true essence of dating as a single person is the exploratory phase of getting to know people.
  — Taryn Bushrod, Essence, 5 Aug. 2021
• Venus and Mercury in Cancer put you in exploratory mode.
  — USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
• The San Rafael Desert has seen extensive exploratory drilling for oil and gas through the years but has yet to see any production.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
• The companies have already spent more than $2 billion on exploratory work and to prepare for the project.
  — Clifford Krauss Tamir Kalifa, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• While the visuals may be lacking, the structure and gameplay of the new exploratory title are not.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• The company also has an exploratory license through the DNR, which expired at the end of June.
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2021
• Payback, cavemen, mental illness, an exploratory crawl through the dark: the starter for the Cage sourdough.
  — Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
• In May, Rosneft started exploratory drilling at the western edge of Taymyr.
  — Alec Luhn, National Geographic, 12 Aug. 2020
• That’s because the FBI sent a version of the study directly to them in a bulletin, which was not labeled exploratory.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2022
• This fragrance is a call to the wild, fitting for those who appreciate a scent that’s both bold and exploratory.
  — Jose Ryller, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
• But for me, this new exploratory phase has been a serious game changer (and a choice that’s been long overdue).
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2021
• The exploratory holes drilled into the breccia pipe to locate uranium could exacerbate that problem, some fear.
  — science.org, 15 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024