search party

noun

: an organized group of people who are looking for someone or something that is missing

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Palmer-Tomkinson’s electric bleeper helped the search party locate her and Lindsay after the accident. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 10 Aug. 2026 Ilda Alva and her search party kept going, past Camp Mystic to the ranch where Jose Olvera was a groundskeeper. — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026 Alyssa Kapaun is organizing a search party and asking the community to meet at Terrace Oaks West Park at 8 on Friday morning. — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 29 May 2026 Questions have swirled around Peglar’s true identity since 1859, when the search party spotted a skeleton wearing clothing that did not match his rank but included his personal documents — some of the only documents to ever be recovered from the disaster. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for search party

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“Search party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20party. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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