probe
verb (used with object)
to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely.
are probing
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present progressiveof probe.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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ICE and Homeland Security Investigations are probing the case.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Police are probing any links to Iran, the paper says.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Researchers are probing scales as small as 10-20 meters at the LHC, a distance that is to an atom, what an atom is to a human.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Police reportedly do not believe the stabbing was terror-related, and are probing the woman's mental health.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Many of the members of the family Scolopacidæ are probing Snipe.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
