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drill down

British  

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to look at or examine something in depth

    to drill down through financial data

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Was anyone skeptical that this was the story to drill down on?

From Slate Jun. 4, 2026

"GreenDrill really demonstrated that, if you can logistically pull it off, there is the technology available to drill down to the bedrock and there's an analytical toolkit to then analyze it," Briner says.

From Science Daily Apr. 18, 2026

To drill down into why retail coffee prices have risen—and keep going up—The Wall Street Journal took a deep dive into Reverie Roasters’ expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

As soon as we get specific about who the we is, then we can drill down and understand what we will demand of policing.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2024

My arm reaches out to drill down into the ground to collect a rock sample.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

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