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detective work
detective work
The act of investigating something. It can be applied to both serious and trivial situations. Nice detective work—I had a feeling Caitlin broke the vase, and now I know for sure. I'm doing my own detective work now, going through security footage to try to see who stole the car.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Samuel | | ['sæmjuəl] | |
| Lesya | | - | Ukrainian |
| Miksa | | - | Hungarian |
| Eos | | e-aws (Ancient Greek), EE-aws (English) | Greek Mythology |
| Mirica | | - | Croatian |
| İHsan | | - | Turkish |