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delving

CEFR: C1

Conducting an intensive, thorough investigation deep into archives, evidence, or complex questions.

Synonyms

probing
investigating deeply

Common Collocations

delving into
delving deeper
worth delving into

Example Sentence

By delving into historic parish ledgers, genealogists reconstructed accurate seventeenth-century mortality curves.

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