search out
phrasal verb
searched out; searching out; searches out
: to find (someone or something) by carefully looking
She searched out the needed information.
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Larger animals would never fit through the opening, the groups argued, and the smaller ones that might surely would not search out the nearest border crossing like a school kid looking for the crosswalk.
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Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
Tinged blue and searching out blue zones across the valley-side,
through the public
reserve.
—John Kinsella, The New York Review of Books, 31 Oct. 2024
But what truly makes this a movie worth searching out is the way writer-director Bernardo Britto’s sideways take on carpe diem sets the stage for its lead to rage, and somehow never lets the high-concept premise eclipse the performance at the center of it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
No control or restraint In the mixed state of sleep and wakefulness that is sleep eating, the ancient brain takes over, searching out foods that might satisfy the body’s need for gratification.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 July 2024
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Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
Tinged blue and searching out blue zones across the valley-side,
through the public
reserve.
—John Kinsella, The New York Review of Books, 31 Oct. 2024
But what truly makes this a movie worth searching out is the way writer-director Bernardo Britto’s sideways take on carpe diem sets the stage for its lead to rage, and somehow never lets the high-concept premise eclipse the performance at the center of it.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
No control or restraint In the mixed state of sleep and wakefulness that is sleep eating, the ancient brain takes over, searching out foods that might satisfy the body’s need for gratification.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 July 2024
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“Search out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20out. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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