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Adjective
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Photo: Office of Tangible Space Still, the majority of Angelenos who are looking are most likely still in an exploratory phase.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
17 Jan. 2025 -
Lara is renowned for his ability to meld traditional Latin sounds with exploratory electronic elements and kitschy Mexican folk.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
10 Jan. 2025
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The instruments aboard Firefly's lander include a subsurface drill, an X-ray imager, and an experimental electrodynamic dust shield to test methods of repelling troublesome lunar dust from accumulating on sensitive spacecraft components.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
16 Jan. 2025
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Attend is a new experimental digital and marketing platform offered by The Fithian Group that will match producers and filmmakers directly with theaters without requiring them to partner with a traditional distributor.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Hopefully at least two will be used to upgrade the offensive line by adding Year 1 starters, and not developmental projects.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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So far for Washington, he's been the perfect big man to provide an interior presence for skinny, developmental big man Alex Sarr.—
Sam Vecenie,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.—
James Goldgeier,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2018
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The length of the trial was due to a combination of appeals and the prosecution’s strategy to present as much evidence as possible to entertain multiple paths to conviction, even when such evidence was of little probative value.—
Tatiana Carayannis,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Apr. 2016
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Brooks issued a final ruling in the case Dec. 23, noting nothing had changed since the preliminary injunction was issued.—
Ron Wood,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The District Court denied Citizens United a preliminary injunction and granted appellee Federal Election Commission (FEC) summary judgment.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Investigative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigative. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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