extensive search

collocation in English

meaningsofextensiveandsearch

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extensive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/us
/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/
covering a large area; having a ...
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noun
uk
/sɜːtʃ/us
/sɝːtʃ/
an attempt to find someone ...
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(Definition ofextensiveandsearchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The parents claimed to have done anextensivesearchand trial of commercially available products.
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The analysis is based on a mathematical, problem-independent approach of design, and usesextensivesearchof the design space.
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Anextensivesearchof the literature suggested that very little research has been carried out hitherto on care of patients with low prevalence chronic conditions.
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In order to understand the reason for this we carried out anextensivesearchfor eigenvalues in the a-plane while varying /3.
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The method is based on a mathematical domain-independent approach to design and uses anextensivesearch of the design space in order to produce the above lists.
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If a quick convergence, toward a single solution is needed we insist on exploitation, but if anextensivesearch, with numerous different solutions is necessary we advantage exploration.
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Extensivesearchto locate an elusive peak or trough could be considered wasteful if the probability of that solution, being erroneous under more detailed analysis, is high.
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Anextensivesearchof the scientific literature has shown that little is known about any associations between the eight exotic tick species and any human or veterinary diseases.
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Anextensivesearchhas been made for a suitable alternative site, but none has been found.
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That mean that anextensivesearchhad failed to reveal the papers on that subject.
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No papers relating to the circumstances of his release or escape have been traced, despite anextensivesearch.
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Despite anextensivesearchhis body was never found.
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We must all hope that theextensivesearchand rescue operation, which is continuing, will be successful in locating further survivors.
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Of course, the ship might be under orders which precluded the master from making a veryextensivesearchfor the sanitary authority.
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I am not aware of any such cases and do not believe that anextensivesearchof records would be justified.
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While we have been doing this all this while, we have also been conducting a very wide andextensivesearchfor an alternative site.
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Despite anextensivesearch, no trace was ever found of the vessel.
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After anextensivesearch, his body was never recovered from the lake.
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Anextensivesearchwas launched, but his body has never been found.
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He disappeared in the surf and despite anextensivesearch, his remains were never found.
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Despite anextensivesearch, the precise site has never been found.
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Previously answered questions are available for review through anextensivesearchengine.
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Despite anextensivesearchalong the proposed route of flight no wreckage was found.
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Anextensivesearchagain in 1999 failed to find any iguanas.
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Anextensivesearchover all the land routes and out to sea, along the stretch of coast over which the missing aircraft might have flown, has been unfruitful.
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