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as in to find
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located
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as in to explore
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery
the Spanish conquistadors searched vast areas of the Southwest in their quest for the fabled cities of gold
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Recent Examples of search
ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
When the Philadelphia Eagles let go of offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo earlier this offseason, their search for his replacement was vast and wide.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
Chicago police are searching for the driver and the SUV that was involved in a hit-and-run that left a teenager hurt on the Southwest Side on Wednesday morning.
—CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Noun
That means, for example, not wasting other members' time by asking questions that could be easily answered by doing a Google search, or scrolling up or searching through the previous posts.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
When the Philadelphia Eagles let go of offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo earlier this offseason, their search for his replacement was vast and wide.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
The Expedition Started With a Hopeful Hunch The research team — Fatah Zarei, Xiluva Mathebula and Albert Chakona — traveled to the Umzimkhulu River to search for the Maluti redfin minnow, a species that had been abundant in a nearby area during the early 1900s.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
Chicago police are searching for the driver and the SUV that was involved in a hit-and-run that left a teenager hurt on the Southwest Side on Wednesday morning.
—CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for search
Noun
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Listening to dinner Our bats’ style of hunting is close to that of lions or polar bears, but the efficiency of their hunts sets the bats apart from any large predator.—
Leonie Baier,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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On Tuesday, before Netflix pulled out of the hunt for WBD, a coalition of 11 state attorneys general — all Republicans — urged the Department of Justice to carefully scrutinize the Netflix-Warners deal.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Ukrainians, ever resilient, have found some ways to cope with the cold.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
24 Feb. 2026
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Worshippers arriving for the day's first prayers found the damage and a smoldering fire that spewed black smoke across the entrance of the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in the town of Tell, near Nablus, and stained the ornate doorway.—
AREF TUFAHA,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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This, in turn, encourages you to soothe your worries — potentially by exploring them through creative initiatives.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Mar. 2026
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Buoyed by Indian-leaning instrumentation, and a haunting beat-switching production, the Argentine rapper explores themes of life, death and ambition in his freewheeling verse.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The ongoing quest for reality’s full, fundamental nature continues.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Feb. 2026
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With an independent test data set for release, the coming weeks may determine whether Donut Lab’s claims mark a genuine breakthrough or another chapter in the long and difficult quest to commercialize solid-state batteries.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Hungry customers — or more often, delivery drivers — walk up to a digital kiosk, scan a code, and a locker pops open, revealing each order readied for pickup.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Instead, these moments feel like Lawson diving into convention to see what’s below the surface, scanning the depths of her influences to learn what can be made anew.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
24 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In cases of near-zero visibility due to dense fog, initiate your hazard lights and locate a secure spot, such as a nearby business parking area, to pull over and come to a halt.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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The rooms There are 217 rooms located between the 36th and 42nd floors, including 29 suites.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Justin Vernon began combing through live recordings in 2020, modeling the concept on Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series and the Neil Young Archives, a press release notes.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
23 Feb. 2026
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Four people were taken into custody in connection with a home invasion at a residence in Fairfield early Thursday which shut down multiple schools and triggered a shelter-in-place advisory while a large police presence combed the area in search of the suspects.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The county medical examiner was investigating the cause of death.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The work investigates the structural and morphological stability of a state-of-the-art polymeric acceptor (PMA) PY-IT through a range of light-soaking and thermal relaxation measurements.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Search.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/search. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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