pursues

verb

present tense third-person singular of pursue
1
as in chases
to go after or on the track of the policeman doggedly pursued the pickpocket through the crowded subway station

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2
as in seeks
to go in search of urged the graduates to pursue personal fulfillment instead of financial success

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Recent Examples of pursues While Hancock County School District pursues civil action, the Justice Department’s probe into athletic equipment sales remains ongoing. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Esther also pursues a career in real estate, earning her license and meeting Julian (Steven Weber), a wealthy, older client. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 New government pursues asset recovery Before the election, Magyar promised to bring those responsible for past abuses to justice and to recover public assets misused under Orbán. — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 That output would provide substantial manufacturing capacity as the company pursues a higher flight rate. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, a Democrat, expressed concern over surveillance footage that shows Parra Hernandez and another person jumping out of a white truck and running as a dark SUV pursues them. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 The emergency order comes as the Energy Department pursues separate investments to strengthen the nation's electrical infrastructure. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 Its North America beverage division, on the other hand, continues to shrink as Pepsi pursues a domestic turnaround focused on ingredient innovation and advertising. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 At first, McConnell backs toward the officers but then runs off, and law enforcement pursues him. — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pursues
  1. chases
  2. seeks
  3. follows
  4. tracks
Verb
  • Six such accounts make up the series as Hojo chases the truth behind them.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
  • For anyone who grinds fresh every morning and chases single-origin lots, online talk about mold and mycotoxins in coffee tends to raise a practical question about how the stuff gets onto beans in the first place.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of chases
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  • The university admissions replacement system still has to be designed, and legal changes may be needed — leaving crucial decisions unresolved even as the government seeks to persuade students to end their protests.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The end of Vucic’s reign now ushers in a period of uncertainty as the disparate Student List seeks to establish a new order in the country.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of seeks
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  • October’s full moon follows September’s harvest moon, which marked when farmers would typically harvest their crops.
    — Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The orbit decides what follows In low Earth orbit, satellites encounter traces of the atmosphere.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of follows
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  • Sudan Doctors Network, another group that tracks violence, gave a lower death toll and said the attack was from shelling.
    — YASSIR ABDALLA, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Jeff Stotts, an athletic trainer who runs a site that tracks sports injuries, wrote that since 2005, just one player had sustained a torn labrum like Wallace’s and returned later that season.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
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