seek out

phrasal verb

sought out; seeking out; seeks out
: to search for and find (someone or something)
His parents sought out the best doctors in the field.
White blood cells seek out and destroy infections.

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The director sought out an expert on table tennis, Diego Schaaf, to handle all coordination. David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025 Fall is in full swing, and that means now is the time to seek out autumnal experiences like leaf peeping and pumpkin patch wandering. Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025 Sánchez still sought out Ohtani with the pitch early, getting ahead with his sinker before firing consecutive changeups to the likely NL MVP. Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025 When the photographer Mary Ellen Mark arrived in New York City, in 1966, one of her strategies for finding arresting images was to attend parades and other large gatherings, seeking out subjects not in the main flow of the action but on the periphery. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seek out

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“Seek out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seek%20out. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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