Example Sentences

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Cognitive scientists have investigated whether the brain itself is Bayesian—a probabilistic inference engine, perpetually recalibrating, merging incoming sensory data with past experience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

For years, researchers have investigated “job lock,” where workers stay latched to their job for the benefits, particularly when they are older.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

Police have not accused any of the men we have investigated of any criminal activity.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

"We were surprised by the tight correlation between plasma vitamin C levels and those in the skin -- this was much more marked than in any other organ we have investigated," she says.

From Science Daily • Dec. 26, 2025

If this had happened in Flint I would have investigated to find out what it was, but that horrible sun had sucked all the curiosity out of me.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis