as in search
an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something
soon the whole family was involved in the hunt for Mom's car keys
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1
as in to chase
to seek out (game) for food or sport
Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter
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as in to pursue
to go in search of
I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer
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Recent Examples of hunt
Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
Cheap money, compressed volatility, and a sustained hunt for yield made alternatives an easy sell, and capital poured in.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 June 2026
Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Scientists believe Praearcturus likely hunted smaller arthropods on land while also preying on fish and other animals in the water.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
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Noun
As highly-opportunistic omnivores, raccoons hunt insects, aquatic animals, small mammals, and birds.
—Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
Cheap money, compressed volatility, and a sustained hunt for yield made alternatives an easy sell, and capital poured in.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 June 2026
Verb
These are the same woods where Pocasset Indigenous people hunted and gathered food.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Scientists believe Praearcturus likely hunted smaller arthropods on land while also preying on fish and other animals in the water.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunt
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Big surf from a previous swell contributed to a drowning Saturday off Dana Point and, on Wednesday afternoon, the search continued for a young girl swept off the sand Tuesday evening in Laguna Beach.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
11 June 2026
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Over the last decade, the reward has been incrementally increased by the Board of Supervisors as the search continues for any clues in the case.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Verb
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Suffern allegedly chased the woman and proceeded to stab her in the shoulder.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The halls were quiet without Hill reporters waiting to chase lawmakers down; the action had temporarily relocated from the Capitol.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Immigration agents had been pursuing an undocumented immigrant who was accompanied by his family and drove into the parking lot of Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle school, where agents pulled the parents from the car, authorities and witnesses said.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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If your funds are held at a regulated financial institution, a court order may still allow creditors to pursue them.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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There are a number of other options the team may want to explore should Rivers not work out.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Both companies will explore manufacturing and packaging Intel chips at Tata Electronics’ upcoming plants for the Indian market.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
9 Dec. 2025
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But all of it—the trees, the wildlife, the assemblage of diversity in both life and death through which Jacobs stalked in 1867—all of it was in a last gasp for existence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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In addition to stalking, jail records show Sgt.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 June 2026
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If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2026
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My Power Alpha Foundation Academies did not respond to multiple emails and phone calls seeking comment.—
Peter D'Oench,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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“Hunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunt. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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