exploratory
adjective
pertaining to or concerned with exploration.
explorative
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a variation of
exploratory.
Example Sentences
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“The customer is, I would say, very explorative in their flavor profile when it comes to our assortment of snacks,” Tran continued.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
Young children are a bit more focused on explorative trial-and-error learning.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022
However, a number of clinicians said that a ban which still allowed for explorative therapies was possible and had already been enacted in other countries.
From BBC ● May 11, 2022
Tom also denounced the LAPD’s investigation of him as misguided and extreme at nearly every stage — alleging he was “swept up in an ongoing and overly explorative investigation that has minimal connection with him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
This is doubtless the outgrowth of the bogies and the “don’ts” which are calculated to check the child’s explorative and investigative instincts in his nursery days.
From Down the Columbia by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
