scavenger hunt
noun
: a game in which players try to acquire without buying specified items within a time limit
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Visitors to the attraction, located at the Great Mall in Milpitas, can create a pumpkin to add to the Monster Garden, make a magical potion, go on a Lego Monster Rocker scavenger hunt in Miniland and take a scary selfie with a Lego witch.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2025
Notable scavenger hunt locations include visiting the Memorial Union pop-up in Little Madison and finding one of the Milwaukee Brewers mascots roaming throughout the market.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Avery doesn’t finish the scavenger hunt.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
The protagonist meets Charlie, a girl who asks her to pretend to be her girlfriend and becomes her aid in finishing a scavenger hunt that her mother left behind.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2025
Notable scavenger hunt locations include visiting the Memorial Union pop-up in Little Madison and finding one of the Milwaukee Brewers mascots roaming throughout the market.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Avery doesn’t finish the scavenger hunt.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
The protagonist meets Charlie, a girl who asks her to pretend to be her girlfriend and becomes her aid in finishing a scavenger hunt that her mother left behind.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scavenger hunt
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“Scavenger hunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scavenger%20hunt. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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