research
noun
diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc..
researches
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present tense formof research (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“For individual investors, this is a real breakthrough,” said Irene Aldridge, an engineer and former quant trader who now researches the intersection of AI and financial markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In the original, Hudson played a magazine journalist called Andie who researches an article about modern dating.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Lucy Qin, a postdoc at Georgetown University who researches privacy, pushed back against this framing: “Shorter-term fixes can band-aid the immediate problem but do not address a long-term pattern,” she said.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Mia village emerged in 1966 after the first blind fortune-teller settled there, according to the Seongbuk Cultural Centre, which researches the district's history.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Boyle and Newton devoted an enormous amount of effort to alchemical researches.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
