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prospected

verb

past tense of prospect

as in explored

to go into or range over for purposes of discovery soon all manner of people had arrived in the valley to prospect it for gold

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Recent Examples of prospected With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 The arena serves as the home arena for the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL and has been prospected as a venue for a new or re-located National Hockey League team in Quebec City. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026

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Several of her children have explored creative work alongside her.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
The Army has increasingly emphasized systems capable of operating with greater independence, while recent programs have explored autonomous intelligence, sensing, targeting, logistics and maneuver.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

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With the help of the NYU students, recent graduates and adjunct professor listed below, Times reporters searched the names of each victim and suspect in the court’s database to find related restraining order cases.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
In the days after the robbery, Triunfel looked up the police report on the case multiple times while off duty without authorization — and on Monday searched the NYPD database for his own name, according to the complaint.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

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