Example Sentences

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French authorities have been examining whether Fabrice Aidan, a diplomat and former employee of the bank, was involved in the corruption of a “foreign public official,” Prache said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

For the past 25 years, researchers at Northwestern Medicine have been examining people aged 80 and older, known as "SuperAgers," to uncover why their minds stay so sharp.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2025

They have been examining the deaths of 48 people in a fire at the ballroom in north Dublin in 1981.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2024

I have been examining opportunities to manage agricultural risk for 25 years.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

I have been examining her—she can do nothing!'

From A Sister's Love A Novel by Heimburg, W.