cluster research

noun

The research of the family, associates, and/or neighbours of an individual in order to discover information not present on their principal records.

“I did some cluster research on her and found that she was living with her father in Czechoslovakia for 6 years.”

Meanings

nouncluster research (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegenealogyThe research of the family, associates, and/or neighbours of an individual in order to discover information not present on their principal records.

    I did some cluster research on her and found that she was living with her father in Czechoslovakia for 6 years.

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