as in investigation
a systematic search for the truth or facts about something
a congressional probe into the accusations
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as in to investigate
to search through or into
tabloid reporters who seem determined to probe every detail of the singer's private life
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Recent Examples of probe
Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Three Democratic senators, Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire), Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) and Chris Coons (Delaware), have launched a probe into the five-month pause on new sanctions against Russia.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
But also probing critical infrastructure and power junctions and stuff like that.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 July 2025
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Noun
The least studied and most mysterious of the solar system’s rocky planets, Mercury is so close to the sun that exploring it is difficult even for probes.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Three Democratic senators, Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire), Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) and Chris Coons (Delaware), have launched a probe into the five-month pause on new sanctions against Russia.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Verb
Instead, the firm Ernst & Young is probing city procurement, benefits, real estate and fines and fees to find efficiencies, and Johnson convened a budget working group to make initial proposals by August.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
But also probing critical infrastructure and power junctions and stuff like that.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for probe
Verb
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The monitor is investigating claims that Fain stripped Boyer of his responsibilities leading the union's Stellantis Department after Boyer refused to comply with a scheme that would benefit the family of Fain's fiancee.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
22 July 2025
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
21 July 2025
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Offering a captivating invitation to explore the world one glass at a time.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The piece explores bureaucracy and unemployment through two people preparing for a job interview with a telecommunications company.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
19 July 2025
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The State's Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to an inquiry about whether McNeil's video had factored into its decision not to charge Bowers.—
Janelle Griffith,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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At the other end of the spectrum, New Jersey, California, and New York have seen many more inquiries for outbound moves, meaning those states stand to lose residents rather than gain.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
22 July 2025
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Their main goal was to examine an area of the river where a magnet fisherman had found an anchor.—
Rose Androwich,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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Authorities recovered the bus itself on Saturday and will examine it as the investigation continues.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
21 July 2025
Verb
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Tom then searches for incriminating files which are, naturally, encrypted.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
19 July 2025
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Around 24 rescuers and a drone team searched until 2 a.m. on Thursday, July 17.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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During a vigorous cross examination, prosecutors parsed through his story, questioning him on his history with police officers.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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The investigative department of the regional department of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia has now organized a procedural examination into the circumstances of the attack, the outlets reported.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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From France, Chichin’s work is an exploration of urban parks that create natural refuges in the heart of cities, reframing them as spaces of resistance and wonder.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
11 July 2025
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Many of these departing employees are directly involved in NASA's core mission areas like science, human spaceflight, and deep space exploration.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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But participants in the study offered several more human hypotheses, too.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
15 July 2025
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In a study published in May, researchers were able to finetune leading large language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o to generate responses that are harmful and unintended by the makers of the models.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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“Probe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probe. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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