How to Use probe in a Sentence

probe

1 of 2 noun
Definition of probenext
Synonyms for probenext
  • The FBI probe did not produce any new evidence.
  • This was the first time any country had landed a probe on the south pole.
    — Emilien Coquard, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • But this isn’t the only problem that’s troubled the probe.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
  • He is pumped with drugs, and a pressure probe is sunk into his skull.
    — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In June 2021, a federal judge ruled that SpaceX had to turn over its hiring records as part of the probe.
    — Eric Johnson, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Some of those named in the probe did not respond to interview requests.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The visits promise to be central to the EU probe, announced in September and set to run for 13 months.
    — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • In all, its report makes 17 references to the videos, compared with just nine mentions in the FID probe.
    — Mike Hayes, ProPublica, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Those are some of the findings of the probe, released Monday by the Maui Police Department.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Many of her targets in those corruption probes would be sentenced to years in prison.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
  • But Marrocco was the one the feds wanted, a key high-profile figure in the yearslong probe.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2023
  • On Thursday, a report with the probe’s findings was published.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Diddy probe could take months before feds decide whether to file charges.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Only eight copies were made, including the two on the actual probes.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 July 2023
  • The company has become the subject of a probe after users complained about their Fisker cars rolling away.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The latest action comes as Smith’s office appeared to be wrapping up the records probe heading into the summer.
    — Anna Jean Kaiser, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023
  • Announcing the completion of a lengthy probe, state Atty.
    — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Trump has denied all charges and denounced Smith's probe as a political witch hunt.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 11 July 2023
  • Eventually, the probe turned to something far more mundane.
    — Allen G. Breed and Randy Herschaft, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
  • Bitar had also charged and pursued Khalil in the port blast probe with homicide and criminal negligence.
    — Fox News, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The State Bureau of Investigation is leading the probe into the deadly crash.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 6 June 2023
  • The impact was violent – the probe shattered and its remains were scattered over a distance of around a hundred metres.
    — Laurent Palka, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Trump has denied all wrongdoing and has dismissed the probe as a political witch hunt.
    — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 21 July 2023
  • Under federal law, gun sales can proceed if such a probe takes longer than three days, but since the massacre, 22 states have moved to expand that window.
    — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • While the Guatemalan government remains the lead on the investigation, the FBI is helping in the probe, and the family has hired private search and rescue teams.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The new video came to light after Prince Andrew was named in court filings tied to Epstein that were unsealed last week, but British police say there are no plans for a probe at this time.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But that probe ended without any action against the officer, Kelly’s lawyers claim.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Scientists who study those samples and imaging from probes believe those minerals are likely to be even more rare on the moon.
    — Bret Baier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • If anything was left of this meteor, or extraterrestrial probe, it was scattered across the seafloor north of Papua New Guinea.
    — Seth Fletcher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The mission is only flying past its targets, not making extended stays—and once the probe has left an asteroid, that’s it.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2023
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probe

2 of 2 verb
  • Searchers probed the mud with long poles.
  • The doctor probed the wound with his finger.
  • He didn't like the police probing him about his past.
  • He didn't like the police probing into his past.
  • She probed the files for evidence that would help the investigation.
  • His questions made it clear he was probing for information.
  • Nobody is in your league with lyrics that touch and probe and connect.
    — Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The paper does more than probe the past or keep tabs on the local felines.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • The senators are probing into when DOE was made aware of the study and whether Granholm agrees with the findings of the report.
    — Nancy Vu, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Add broth to Dutch oven, cover and bake for 2 to 2½ hours, until meat is very tender when probed.
    — David Tanis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Staff members finished removing the tape, gave the dog a bath and probed the wound in his forehead.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Here to probe a little deeper is the author of that article, Craig Smith.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 June 2023
  • The next day, his efforts to keep Trump in power were the focus of a hearing by the House panel probing the Jan. 6 attack.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Brain researchers would love to do that by setting a mouse free in a little playground while probing its brain.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023
  • On Wednesday, the agency also announced plans to send a new telescope to probe deep into the universe.
    — TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
  • So someone could send an unsolicited message to your iPhone that could probe for weaknesses in the rest of the phone.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
  • With the robotic dinosaur at the ready, the team prepared to probe the question: Just how, exactly, did early birds get their wings?
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • As in Snow, in Nights of Plague fiction is a tool to probe and undermine ideology and the myths of politics.
    — Kaya Genç, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • On Tuesday, three scientists who probed the blurry realm of the electron were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.
    — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The camera becomes probing, inquisitive as chaos breaks out in the city.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 8 June 2023
  • Jensen probes her audiences about their mental health issues and breakups.
    — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The researchers’ plunge into a nation’s health statistics probed gender and age risks.
    — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 6 May 2023
  • And more, the heated exchange probes whether or not scientists and doctors feel safe speaking out on Twitter.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 20 June 2023
  • Then, in 2022, the Suffolk County district attorney convened a new task force to probe the killings, and a decade-old witness tip about a car helped lead to Heuermann.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
  • After she’s captured by Skrulls who try to probe her memories, Vers crash-lands in 1995 Los Angeles.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Much of this process is obscured by dust and has proved almost impossible to probe—until JWST.
    — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Concerned, his parents probed his stomach and discovered a bulge.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The United States, China and other space-faring nations are also expected to probe the area in the coming years.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Still, that hasn't stopped scientists and the government from pouring billions of dollars over the years into probing the skies.
    — Kelsey Klimara, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The authors plan to test other sea creatures and probe what self-awareness might mean in organisms without language.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 1 June 2023

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