as in searches
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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as in demands
to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority
I respectfully quest your assistance in this matter
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as in pursues
to go in search of
many daydreamers trekked to California questing riches during the great gold rush of 1849
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as in requests
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 quests
Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
When a boy named Milo goes through a tollbooth that appears in his room on an average day at home, he is met with a series of punny quests — including jumping to the Island of Conclusions, learning about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock and rescuing Rhyme and Reason.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Those favors pile up after a while, but that’s not a problem, because quests in The Outer Worlds 2 are always worth taking.
—Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Ensure a simple-enough menu stays manageable with a to-do list so you’re not waylaid by days-long side quests.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
All three teams will try to get back on track this week and resume their quests for playoff campaigns.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
With this show, Stallings might also convince viewers that beauty not only transcends time and place but mere definitions of it while leaving enough room for dialogue and quests for more continuation.
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The exploration is varied, the space visuals are often breathtaking, and the customization and procedural generation elements (sentient species, galaxies, planet types, and even quests) ensure the game never runs out of a sense of wonder.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Players can also look forward to haunted map locations, quests and limited-time loot.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
Despite his popularity, Knight has consistently fallen short in his quests for the World Heavyweight Championship.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
When a boy named Milo goes through a tollbooth that appears in his room on an average day at home, he is met with a series of punny quests — including jumping to the Island of Conclusions, learning about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock and rescuing Rhyme and Reason.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Those favors pile up after a while, but that’s not a problem, because quests in The Outer Worlds 2 are always worth taking.
—Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Ensure a simple-enough menu stays manageable with a to-do list so you’re not waylaid by days-long side quests.
—Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
All three teams will try to get back on track this week and resume their quests for playoff campaigns.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
With this show, Stallings might also convince viewers that beauty not only transcends time and place but mere definitions of it while leaving enough room for dialogue and quests for more continuation.
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
The exploration is varied, the space visuals are often breathtaking, and the customization and procedural generation elements (sentient species, galaxies, planet types, and even quests) ensure the game never runs out of a sense of wonder.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Players can also look forward to haunted map locations, quests and limited-time loot.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quests
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The news sparked immense joy from her fanbase, so much so that Rolling Stone reported a 400 percent increase in searches for her music on Spotify.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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This has led to more than 60% of online searches concluding without the user ever clicking on an actual website result.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While the Constitution demands that members of Congress never go without pay and federal law mandates that federal employees are eventually reimbursed with back pay, the same is not true for workers contracted by the federal government.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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That same collective power, advocates say, is what this moment demands.—
Colleen Hamilton,
Them.,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The movie’s narrative [spoilers ahead] revolves around the lovely circus aerialist Cleopatra, who romantically pursues little person Hans, a performer in the sideshow.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Yet as Will pursues a budding theatre career in faraway London, Agnes anchors the domestic sphere alone.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Although Tea requests more protection and even asks to leave the undercover operation for safety reasons, PET pushes her to maintain her position.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Doyle’s honor to the Discovery Counseling Center.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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OpenAI has unveiled Aardvark, autonomous AI agent that hunts for software vulnerabilities before hackers can exploit them.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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At six months, they would be weaned and eating solid food, but would not have been on many hunts with the adults to learn how to take down prey.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The team claims the work demonstrates a deformable material performing matrix-vector multiplication directly through motion, without requiring an electrical conversion.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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When the movie was being wrapped up, Robertson claims Helm wasn’t keen on shooting the additional soundstage footage that featured the Staple Singers and Emmylou Harris, and would have preferred to keep the extra cash for themselves.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Idaho Statesman seeks more information about ICE actions and law enforcement's response.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Oct. 2025
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The play centers on a lonely high schooler named Delilah who seeks comfort in her favorite book, but the lines between fantasy and reality blur when the characters start speaking to her.—
Hallie Jackson,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The process requires finding a big enough question that can sustain the book.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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That includes the brackish water in aquifers that requires desalination, as well as reuse water that goes through additional treatment before being injected back into cities’ water supplies.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Quests.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quests. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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