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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Others searched out the fish markets at Savaneta, the island’s oldest town and former capital, for the Sabbath meal of fresh barracuda, crabs, sailfish, wahoo, blue and white marlin, or black and yellow fin tuna.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 July 2025
But this is a scammer’s paradise as bargain hunters search out the best prices.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
While searching out the origin of the beeps, Robert and Samuel end up connecting with their community in unexpected ways—and reëxamining their place within it.
—Kirk Johnson, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
However, observers in some lucky U.S. states and Canadian provinces will get the chance to see something less impactful but still worth searching out — a rare view of an eclipsed sun rising in the east at sunrise.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 18 July 2025
But this is a scammer’s paradise as bargain hunters search out the best prices.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
While searching out the origin of the beeps, Robert and Samuel end up connecting with their community in unexpected ways—and reëxamining their place within it.
—Kirk Johnson, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2025
However, observers in some lucky U.S. states and Canadian provinces will get the chance to see something less impactful but still worth searching out — a rare view of an eclipsed sun rising in the east at sunrise.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Search out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20out. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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