exhaustive research

collocation in English

meaningsofexhaustiveandresearch

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exhaustive
adjective
uk
/ɪɡˈzɔː.stɪv/us
/ɪɡˈzɑː.stɪv/
complete and ...
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research
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/us
/ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/
a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a ...
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The chapters are grounded inexhaustiveresearch, in several cases making accessible the findings of unpublished doctoral theses.
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Exhaustiveresearchon the subject remains to be done.
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The smooth writing and controlled deployment of detail of this book almost belie its evidentlyexhaustiveresearch.
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That review, which will have taken two years ofexhaustiveresearch, also should not be pre-empted.
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There has beenexhaustiveresearchinto the three-for-two regulations, which are on the way out anyway under the post-1998 regulations.
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He shows in his detailed andexhaustiveresearchof 400 households in several regions that farm incomes are miserly and far too dependent on peripheral activity.
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Pappas conductedexhaustiveresearchon player salaries, compiling a database from a variety of sources.
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Boas championed the use ofexhaustiveresearch, fieldwork, and strict scientific guidelines in folklore scholarship.
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He is known to undertakeexhaustiveresearchon his portfolios.
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The eventual product of thatexhaustiveresearchwas an archive of photographs, slides, and data sheets on more than two thousand objects representing diverse sectors of the survey area.
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Sometimes it is difficult to separate the narrative of the store in his work, because of theexhaustiveresearchand the abundance of quotes and references.
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I've doneexhaustiveresearchon that subject.
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Anderson's theory, for all theexhaustiveresearchit has entailed, still leaves open a number of questions of interpretation.
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Baird's method of working was slow, painstaking and based on thorough andexhaustiveresearchof the subject at hand.
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