discovery
noun
Examples of discovery in a Sentence
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2024
But accident investigators’ subsequent discovery of missing bolts intended to secure the panel rocked Boeing, which once boasted an enviable safety culture.
—David Hamilton, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 at the CERN research centre near Geneva was widely hailed as the biggest advance in knowledge about the cosmos for over 30 years, and pointed physics towards ideas that were once science fiction.
—Reuters, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
That’s lower than the typical threshold for a scientific discovery, which must have a lower than one-in-1.7-million chance of being a fluke, per the New York Times.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2024
Even making the current record was a crazy mix of fear, excitement, discovery, curiosity, passion — just everything.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2024
The Eddington-Dyson experiments were hardly the first time scientists used eclipses to make profound new discoveries.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
Researchers in Hungary and Norway made the discovery while researching brain activity in dogs.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
Designed for kiddos ages 3 and older, these floating STEM discovery blocks encourage building, pattern-making, counting, geometry, and more.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
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Legal Definition
discovery
nounFederal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 26(b)(2)(B)Note: Discovery allowed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 is far-reaching. With some exceptions, a party may obtain discovery of any relevant information as long as it is not privileged, including information that itself would not be admissible at trial but that is likely to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. Criminal discovery, however, has been more controversial. Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16, a defendant may obtain discovery of his or her own written or recorded statements or confessions, results of examinations and tests, his or her recorded testimony before a grand jury, and testimony to be given by the prosecution's expert witnesses. A defendant may also inspect the prosecution's books, documents, photographs, objects, and other items of evidence. Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12.1, the prosecution must also disclose the names of witnesses that will be called to rebut the defendant's alibi defense. The defendant must also permit the prosecution to inspect books, documents, photographs, and objects and must disclose reports of examinations or tests and testimony of expert witnesses.
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