delve
verb (used without object)
to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate.
are delving
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present progressiveof delve.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Centuries later, these scientists are delving into what we can learn from wildlife about the properties of plants in the forest habitats they evolved in.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Several members of Koopmans’s team are delving into how climate change might affect the Netherlands, much of which is below sea level and prone to flooding.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 26, 2023
The students are delving into the renowned collection of prints to spark discussion about “activist legacies from the Japanese American incarceration and related wartime atrocities,” as the course description reads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Long removed from winning the Cup three times in six years, the Blackhawks are delving into a long-term rebuild.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
I would sound it in the ears of the million who are delving the earth for gold, and startle them from their delusive dreams.
From The Faithful Steward Or, Systematic Beneficence an Essential of Christian Character by Sereno D. Clark
