Synonyms for exploration
ˌɛk spləˈreɪ ʃənex·plo·ration

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1. exploration, geographic expeditionnoun

   to travel for the purpose of discovery

   Synonyms:
   geographic expedition

2. explorationnoun

   a careful systematic search

   Synonyms:
   geographic expedition

3. explorationnoun

   a systematic consideration

   "he called for a careful exploration of the consequences"

   Synonyms:
   geographic expedition

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1. explorationnoun

   Synonyms:
   examination, scrutiny, inquiry, research, inquisition

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1. List of paraphrases for "exploration":

   prospecting, browsing, exploring, scan, explore, explorations, exploratory, navigation, scanning, crawling, browse, discovery, explorer, mining, prospection, exploitation

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1. Alan Stern:

   MU69 is Ultima Thule, our spacecraft is heading beyond the limits of the known worlds, to what will be this mission's next achievement. Since this will be the farthest exploration of any object in space in history, I like to call our flyby target Ultima, for short, symbolizing this ultimate exploration by NASA and our team.

2. Economy Minister Tomislav Panenic:

   There are no plans for oil exploration in the Adriatic.

3. Neel Kashkari:

   More capital has downsides that need further exploration, in particular, higher capital could raise the cost of lending and potentially reduce economic activity.

4. Lorelei Curtin:

   I think we often underestimate early human explorers and their ability to reach new, unknown lands, i can't imagine the courage and skill it takes to set sail across the North Atlantic ocean. It really is a testament to the human spirit of exploration.

5. Chika Onuegbu:

   As Nigeria continues to dither over the Petroleum Industry Bill, which has been in the Nigerian National Assembly since 2009 as aforementioned, Ghana her neighbour (who just joined the Petroleum Club not too long ago) on August 4 2016 passed its own petroleum bill, i.e. the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Bill, 2016 into law in a bid to attract investments. Chika Onuegbu in his 2016 paper titled The Challenges and Implications of a Post PIB Nigeria for the Oil and Gas Workers