probe
verb (used with object)
to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely.
have probed
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present perfectof probe.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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But the report includes details that investigators have probed in an effort to determine a cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Federal authorities have probed several of his aides over possible corruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
Members of Congress have probed DoorDash over alleged “junk fees” and price gouging, and disaffected customers have filed Federal Trade Commission complaints along with class-action suits.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025
Many of the released James Webb Space Telescope images have probed to unprecedented depths of the universe and produced pictures with revolutionary levels of clarity and detail.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2023
It would have been difficult indeed, even with understanding, to have probed the depths of feeling prompting it.
From The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum
