Synonyms for exploration
ˌɛk spləˈreɪ ʃənex·plo·ration

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1. exploration, geographic expeditionnoun

   to travel for the purpose of discovery

   Synonyms:
   geographic expedition

2. explorationnoun

   a careful systematic search

   Synonyms:
   geographic expedition

3. explorationnoun

   a systematic consideration

   "he called for a careful exploration of the consequences"

   Synonyms:
   geographic expedition

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1. explorationnoun

   Synonyms:
   examination, scrutiny, inquiry, research, inquisition

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1. List of paraphrases for "exploration":

   prospecting, browsing, exploring, scan, explore, explorations, exploratory, navigation, scanning, crawling, browse, discovery, explorer, mining, prospection, exploitation

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1. Amin Nasser:

   If we look at the long-term situation of oil supplies, for example, the picture is becoming increasingly worrying, financial investors are shying away from making much needed large investments in oil exploration, long-term development and the related infrastructure.  Investments in smaller increments such as shale oil will just not cut it.

2. Anish Kapadia:

   We haven't had 6 discoveries in a single quarter for a long time, this year people are drilling a lot less as exploration spending has fallen sharply, so companies are focusing on higher quality projects.

3. Steve Jurczyk:

   It's been a really incredible year for NASA. For all our mission areasbut particularly for human spaceflight, with three launches in 11 months, and it's hard to believe it was just 11 months ago -- last May -- [when] we were in the room -- we were watching the launch from the day and doing the first flight foot race for human exploration mission in just about a decade, and then, we did the Demo-2 mission and it's just been incredible to be a part of it.

4. Mark Moline:

   We've entered a new age of exploration, new sensors and improved underwater robots that can bring back real-time images are driving new discoveries.

5. Kevin Hand:

   Starting with the Jezero Crater Floor Fractured Crater Floor Fractured Rough and Seitah geologic units allows us to start our exploration of Jezero at the very beginning, this area was under at least 100 meters( 328 feet) of water 3.8 billion years ago. We don't know what stories the rocks and layered outcrops will tell us, but we're excited to get started.