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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Joe Kloc, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
So normally people would search out for the word expungement.
—Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
On the ground floor, the hotel’s cafe features woven-leather ceilings and walls lined with artisanal tiles, along with dozens of paintings by Spanish artists that Starck spent three years searching out.
—Sarah Archer Gisela Williams Martha Cheng Carla Valdivia Nakatani Ryan Haase, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
So, my goal was to get people to understand him and search out his greatness.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Joe Kloc, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
So normally people would search out for the word expungement.
—Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2025
On the ground floor, the hotel’s cafe features woven-leather ceilings and walls lined with artisanal tiles, along with dozens of paintings by Spanish artists that Starck spent three years searching out.
—Sarah Archer Gisela Williams Martha Cheng Carla Valdivia Nakatani Ryan Haase, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
So, my goal was to get people to understand him and search out his greatness.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for search out
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“Search out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20out. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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