Example Sentences

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The group had been exploring options for its auto-coatings business for a while, as part of a plan to focus on core operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

The veteran quarterback wanted his contract adjusted, and his agent, with the Rams’ blessing, had been exploring possible trade destinations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

It said the government had been "exploring" a new private-led nuclear plant for years.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Both Chin and Vasarhelyi, who are married and have two children, had been exploring opportunities in fiction when the script for “Nyad” came their way.

From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2023

When Bod was nine he had been exploring in just this part of the world when the soil had given way beneath him, tumbling him into a hole almost twenty feet down.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman