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researched

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past tense of research

as in explored

to search through or into researched the public record for more information about her great-grandparents

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Recent Examples of researched Anyone who has researched publishing would know most authors don’t have bundles of cash lying around. — Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 13 Oct. 2026 This is especially true when shoppers enter the store having already researched and decided to buy. — Tony D'onofrio, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare has researched how much more older people spend on medical care. — Pankaj Agrrawal, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026 The Movistar Plus Original has been painstakingly researched, and is set in the late 1990s and early 2000s. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Salam Ahmadyan, 36, and Rahman Salehi, 34, researched attacking the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in Manchester in northwest England and the Jewish Museum in nearby Cheetham Hill, the court was told. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 The university has researched and taught brewing and distilling since 1903. — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026 The concept of Whalefall may seem far-fetched, but the science behind the premise was very well researched. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Before his work with the Manhattan Institute, Wright researched wasp and spider behavior. — Lisa Hagen, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

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Legacy Effects made full-size physical references, while ILM developed a digital muscle system and explored movements inspired by elephant seals and sumo wrestlers.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Over the past week, Iceland has explored that question not only through another conventional summit, but through a journey from remembrance to dialogue, and from dialogue to responsibility.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

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Deputies investigated a fatal crash involving two vehicles and a pedestrian early Sunday morning in Volusia County, according to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

— Felix Rodriguez, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Sheinbaum has insisted ever since that the situation had to be investigated to determine whether any crime had been committed.

— Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

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