explore
verb (used with object)
to traverse or range over (a region, area, etc.) for the purpose of discovery.
have explored
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present perfectof explore.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Just keep going for as long as we can, and want to. If at some point we don't want to then we'll have explored a lot of places to pick somewhere to stop."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
A more mature and nuanced movie might have explored such follow-up questions as whether we really want to appoint Zuckerberg, or anyone else, our arbiter of truth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Researchers have explored drugs and genetic approaches as possible anti-aging strategies, but questions about safety and practical clinical use remain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
Since then, Russia, the United States, China and India have explored ways to fight in space outside of that treaty, including by targeting rivals' satellites, which are key for military communications, surveillance and navigation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Our failure to domesticate even a single major new food plant in modern times suggests that ancient peoples really may have explored virtually all useful wild plants and domesticated all the ones worth domesticating.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
