drill down
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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However, when you drill down into the data at a local authority level, and take into account children on free school meals, you see a different story.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Was anyone skeptical that this was the story to drill down on?
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026
"GreenDrill really demonstrated that, if you can logistically pull it off, there is the technology available to drill down to the bedrock and there's an analytical toolkit to then analyze it," Briner says.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026
There’s a great scene where Carol and Zosia are both getting massages, where Carol’s trying to drill down on that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
My arm reaches out to drill down into the ground to collect a rock sample.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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