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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To calm sensitive skin, dermatologists recommend searching out products with a short ingredient list. Bea McMonagle, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Even Evie, to the agony of Pippa, is searching out something that not every family member is willing to provide. Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024 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. 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 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 8 Jan. 2025.

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