extensive exploration

collocation in English

meaningsofextensiveandexploration

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extensive
adjective
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/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/us
/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/
covering a large area; having a ...
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exploration
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌek.spləˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spləˈreɪ.ʃən/
the activity of searching and finding out ...
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This negative starting point will lead into, secondly, a rather moreextensiveexplorationof recent contributions to international political theory.
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Indeed, the book offers the most detailed andextensiveexplorationto date of the notion of the sign language syllable.
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Scarpa has sculpted a space that demands careful observation andextensiveexploration.
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To the best of our knowledge, the monitoring semantics framework is unique in providing anextensiveexplorationof this technique as a method to enhance semantics.
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What is more, the industry is pressing on with anextensiveexplorationprogramme.
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The funds will also underwrite our successful exploration efforts in ourextensiveexplorationtenements.
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Extensiveexplorationwork is ongoing within this area.
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By 1955 several thousand tons of ore were outlined in anextensiveexplorationprogram along a 20 kilometer belt.
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These mountains have not seenextensiveexploration, due to their remoteness, typically poor weather, and lack of truly high peaks.
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The expedition's ship became trapped in ice, however, which prevented moreextensiveexploration.
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The mountains along the lake are rich in phosphorite, and in the 1980sextensiveexplorationwork was done for open-pit mining.
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Maps are filled with a huge variety of buildings, treasures, monsters, mines and so forth that rewardextensiveexploration.
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Extensiveexplorationdrilling, geological surveys, environmental investigations, stakeholder consultations and other works costing approximately $80 million were undertaken by the proponents.
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The new company aimed to doextensiveexplorationof the untapped water and mineral resources of the area.
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Another factor in the decision was that the technology had recently been developed forextensiveexplorationand drilling offshore.
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While the player completes the levels in a fixed order, many levels are non-linear and requireextensiveexploration.
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Anextensiveexplorationprogramme costing in excess of $10 million was completed between 1978 and 1980.
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The early stages of product design are characterized by extensive explorations of possibilities.
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Their disappearance led to extensive explorations of the cave system in 1840, 1857 and 1865, but no evidence of the officers' whereabouts was found.
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He is best known for his extensive explorations and map-making activities.
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