exploratoryadjective
uk/ekˈsplɒr.ə.tər.i/us/ekˈsplɑː.rə.tɔːr.i/done in order to discover more about something:
an exploratory expedition to Antarctica
She's having some exploratory tests done to find out what's causing the illness.
We're having an exploratory meeting next week to talk about merging the two companies.
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Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- quest
- seek
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
- witch hunt
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