hunt out
phrasal verb
hunted out; hunting out; hunts out
: to find (something) after searching for it
It took a while to hunt out the papers, but we finally found everything we needed.
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Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Hunnicutt is the gray wolf coordinator for the state of California, responsible for the complicated and nuanced job of protecting a re-emerging species that was once hunted out of existence here, while also making sure that humans and livestock can live alongside them.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Perry and editor Clyde Folley have watched movies and television shows for a decade now, hunting out depictions of video stores in cinema.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 July 2025
This was a bird so docile and unafraid of environmental threats it was hunted out of existence in less than 100 years.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Modern domestic cats do not hunt out of hunger but to satisfy their natural instincts.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Hunnicutt is the gray wolf coordinator for the state of California, responsible for the complicated and nuanced job of protecting a re-emerging species that was once hunted out of existence here, while also making sure that humans and livestock can live alongside them.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Perry and editor Clyde Folley have watched movies and television shows for a decade now, hunting out depictions of video stores in cinema.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 July 2025
This was a bird so docile and unafraid of environmental threats it was hunted out of existence in less than 100 years.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Modern domestic cats do not hunt out of hunger but to satisfy their natural instincts.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Hunt out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20out. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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