as in search
an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something
the Holy Grail was the object of a mystical quest by the knights of the Round Table
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1
as in to demand
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
I respectfully quest your assistance in this matter
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2
as in to pursue
to go in search of
many daydreamers trekked to California questing riches during the great gold rush of 1849
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3
as in to seek
to make a request for
please wait until the lecturer specifically quests comments from the audience before chiming in
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Recent Examples of quest
Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2026
The series follows a woman’s quest to solve the mystery of what or who really killed her 4-month-old baby brother.
—Peter White, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Emergency stop buttons had to be relocated so that they couldn’t be pressed by questing cow tongues.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2026
The series follows a woman’s quest to solve the mystery of what or who really killed her 4-month-old baby brother.
—Peter White, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
Larval black-legged ticks, newly hatched and free of infection, begin questing for their first blood meal.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Emergency stop buttons had to be relocated so that they couldn’t be pressed by questing cow tongues.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quest
Noun
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When available, the VPN toggle will appear to the right of the search bar.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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Even if life on certain planets—and our ability to reach them—sounds more far-fetched than on others, the team explained that further observations will still help advance the search for extraterrestrial life.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Democrats balked at funding the agency, while other departments are unaffected, demanding changes to immigration enforcement by federal agents.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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Soccer practices, airport runs, Costco expeditions and weekend escapes into Colorado’s foothills all demand a vehicle that blends comfort, capability and technology.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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She was being pursued viciously by the paparazzi, and here was somebody who was literally chased to death by the paparazzi.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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El Concilio — the group that led the effort to rename First Street for Cesar Chavez in 1993 — voted to pursue reversing that change, asking City Council to restore the street’s original name.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Serious talks between the two collapsed in 2022 over regulatory concerns but the idea has resurfaced as MTN seeks to bulk up its fiber infrastructure.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Wacocha said the family is seeking consideration from the federal government based on due process rights and the humanitarian circumstances of their case.—
Jason Rantala,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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What personal demons will impede the hunt for a killer?—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Males carry venomous spurs on their hind legs, and the animal can sense electrical signals underwater to hunt prey.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Takaichi and her ministers have denied that Washington officially requested Japanese warships sent to the Strait of Hormuz.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Cadillic further expressed uneasiness with the city’s move to request prior authorization through UM extending to other non-specialty medications beyond GLP-1 drugs.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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Pahlavi’s team began putting out various plans to further erode the regime’s authority, calling on workers to strike and releasing a QR code through which defectors in the state security forces could sign on to his project, which Pahlavi claimed had elicited fifty thousand responses.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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The videos posted online appeared to show a prominent lawyer reporting corruption on the part of the mayor of Ljubljana, a close ally of Golob, and a former energy executive claiming that the prime minister was willing to privatize a key power company.—
Jan Bratanic Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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The bill, which requires national voter ID and proof of citizenship when registering to vote, is broadly supported by Republicans and passed the House in February with zero defections.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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The plea deals require their state and federal sentences to be served at the same time.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Quest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quest. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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