search (for)

verb

Definition of search (for)next
1
as in to seek

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2
as in to find out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for search (for)
  1. seek
  2. find out
  3. hunt
  4. accompany
  5. run down
  6. dig up
  7. hear
  8. detect
Verb
  • Turkey is seeking to eliminate armed Kurdish militants, Israel has struck the remnants of the Syrian Arab Army’s capabilities and expanded its territorial control, while the United States has ramped up its strikes on ISIS and moved warships to the region.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This strategic evolution comes at a time when wealthy individuals in the Middle East are actively seeking diversification beyond traditional Western markets.
    FamilyOfficeHK Contributor, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of seek
Verb
  • The novel follows a young gay Black man named Davis who finds out at his wedding reception that his estranged father has been in a car accident, prompting a deeply personal reckoning.
    Sally Tamarkin, Them, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Attorneys for the coalition found out about the disappearing messages during the discovery process of the lawsuit.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of find out
Verb
  • Though once common in the Atlantic, gray whales were hunted and removed from that ocean about 300 years ago—and only five or so have been seen in the last 15 years there and in the Mediterranean.
    Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Police are hunting for a gang of thieves believed to have carried out 11 robberies during a five-month spree — all pulled off in a few-block area in the Bronx.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of hunt
Verb
  • A week after winning the presidential election, the president-elect met with Biden in the White House, accompanied by a roaring fire in the Oval Office’s fireplace.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The game was chippy right up through the final buzzer — the teams combined for 18 penalties, and practically every whistle was accompanied by a scrum — but the Lightning didn’t lose focus and left South Florida with two points.
    Eduardo A. Encina, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of accompany
Verb
  • Our Harrison Campbell ran down five TSSAA football playoff games across the state that might feature upsets this week.
    Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Below, the executive runs down some of the career highlights from his time at the studio.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of run down
Verb
  • Even digging up supporting technical literature and links to pass on would not guarantee the idea was taken up.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Which is why low-wage laborers around the globe risk their lives burning old extension cords or dousing circuit boards with chemicals to retrieve metals that other low-wage workers risked their lives to dig up in the first place.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of dig up
Verb
  • On Monday, the Tamalpais Union High School District board heard a staff update on the district’s e-bike policy.
    Cameron Macdonald, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The goal is for your audience to fully understand the story, even without hearing a word.
    Michael Chad Hoeppner, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of hear
Verb
  • This new study also builds upon a discovery from earlier this year that detected carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide ice on trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) for the first time.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
  • If malaria is the culprit, there may have been ways to rapidly detect it locally, said Amira Albert Roess, a professor of global health and epidemiology at George Mason University.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of detect
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