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noun

Definition of delvingnext
as in investigation
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something we didn't want to pry and did as little personal delving as possible

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verb

present participle of delve
as in excavating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delving
  1. exploration
  2. inquiry
  3. shoveling
  4. examination
  5. study
  6. research
  7. probe
Noun
  • Russian Doll also deploys a distinctively millennial brand of surrealism in its exploration of characters trapped in self-destructive patterns.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
  • With this year’s addition of Mi Familia, director Gregory Nava now has three explorations of the Hispanic experience on the National Film Registry, the other titles being El Norte and Selena.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of exploration
Noun
  • Nef’s intellectual rigor and interdisciplinary approach impacted the program and helped establish the University of Chicago and this Committee as a serious, interdisciplinary intellectual inquiry center.
    Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The lawsuit also states that Baldoni was instructed to stop making inquiries about Lively’s weight and to refrain from mentioning her deceased father.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of inquiry
Verb
  • Cease, especially, could fetch solid prospects in return, a startling turnabout for the Padres, who in recent years have been the ones shoveling promising minor leaguers from their fertile farm system to others in exchange for win-now veterans.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • However, come the third or fourth snowstorm of the season, shoveling by hand gets tiresome.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of shoveling
Noun
  • The follow-up examinations of NGC 5084 helped the team see this galaxy and its sideways black hole across a wide range of light wavelengths.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In Greece and Rome, students wore crowns of rosemary during examinations to improve their memory.
    Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of examination
Noun
  • Eating small amounts of sugar was linked with better cardiovascular outcomes, a new study found.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 19 Dec. 2024
  • In 2017, Berklee musicologist Joe Bennett published a lighthearted study on commonalities in the music and lyrics of Christmas songs.
    Maura Johnston, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of study
Noun
  • The layers of complexity in the research felt pretty mind-boggling on this one.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Elizabeth Johnson, head of Brazil research at economic consultancy TS Lombard, said that Brazil is likely to be one of the biggest winners of the agreement.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of research
Noun
  • Stockholm has sent a formal request to China, asking that Beijing cooperate with its probe.
    John Feng, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The feds declined to charge Gaetz, but his colleagues in Congress launched an ethics probe into the same allegations.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of probe
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