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Definition
to investigate; or an investigation
or:
any of various instrument used for investigation
or:
any of various instrument used for investigation
instruments such as:
- an instrument to measure electronic voltage
- a surgical tool used for examination
- an unmanned spacecraft used for exploration
- The visitor, K.B.I. Agent Harold Nye, busied himself scribbling in a shorthand notebook-a notebook already well filled with the results of a long day spent probing the accusations of Floyd Wells.3 — Answer (9% in)
- Cullivan probed, trying to gauge the depth of what he assumed would be Perry's contrition.4 — The Corner (43% in)
There are no more uses of "probe" in In Cold Blood.
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