rigorous investigation

collocation in English

meaningsofrigorousandinvestigation

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rigorous
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪɡ.ər.əs/
us
/ˈrɪɡ.ɚ.əs/
approving
careful to look at or consider every part of something to make certain it is correct ...
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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
us
/ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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(Definition ofrigorousandinvestigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Clearly, there is a need for a more systematic andrigorousinvestigationof threshold nonlinearity.
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A brief,rigorousinvestigationfailed to produce the tableau, and the fragmented ransom note that had launched it was tucked back into police files.
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This shows that arigorousinvestigationof the problem implies dealing with an electromagnetic formalism instead of the longitudinal electrostatic approximation.
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Rigorousinvestigationof this would require that we incorporate second-order wealth and profit terms in the profit equation and that we abandon the traditional normalized quadratic specification adopted here.
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Musicology must include a full history, historiography and analysis of electroacoustic music; it demands systematic study of sources andrigorousinvestigationof the invariants that emerge.
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It should be not just a cosmetic balance; there should be a continuing,rigorousinvestigationof whether we have got the balance right.
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I am sure that the inquiry is conducting a thorough andrigorousinvestigation.
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It demands morerigorousinvestigationand prosecution of the criminals concerned, care and support for their victims, and preventive action too.
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Allegations of individual wrongdoing are receivingrigorousinvestigation.
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There should be a morerigorousinvestigation.
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In that time there has been a large number of new allegations which requirerigorousinvestigationand rapid action, as well as continuing press speculation about existing accusations.
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His works are characterized by arigorousinvestigationof the sources and a critical view of the historical process.
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Recent and more rigorous investigations often have failed to confirm these findings.
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Design research possibly differs from traditional research because rigorous investigations are synthesized into speculative propositions that can lead to new forms of transmissible knowledge.
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