search (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for search (for)
Verb
  • Long a linchpin of oil and gas supply, the Kingdom now seeks to be just as dominant in renewables — from solar and wind to green hydrogen.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Long an obstacle to humans seeking to continue down the river, the Falls of the Ohio offer a peek into prehistoric life.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Courier Journal caught up with Zipperle to find out why Cornbread Hemp took home the New Ideas Award in the 2025 Top Workplaces competition.
    Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To find out when yours needs to be replaced, refer to the instructions that came with your model and accompanying filter.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some trappers focus on humane, live-capture and relocation for nuisance animals, while others are licensed hunters who can legally trap and kill animals during hunting seasons.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In 2015, a reporter spent a night at the Algonquin with ghost-hunting tools and claimed that eight spirits — possibly including Dorothy Parker — answered her call.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • White is accompanied on the emotional adventure by Jeremy Strong, who plays Springsteen's co-producer and manager Jon Landau, as well as Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, and Odessa Young.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Although only five minutes in length, The Magic Lantern gives us a momentary glimpse of the magic of cinema as a burgeoning medium and the inchoate experimentation that accompanied its first decades as a studio invention.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • All colors—black, green, pink, pistachio, red, blue, and white—have the wide lines running down the sides in contrasting colors.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • After Tiffany Stratton was attacked by Giulia following her win over Kiana James, Jade Cargill ran down to fight the WWE Women's United States Champion off.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lutnick dug up a 2015 interview when Duffy was critical of Trump to sink his chances of being picked.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Make sure to sanitize garden tools after digging up each dahlia plant and before division to discourage the spread of any diseases that may be present.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When Springer got hurt, there was some cheering heard by the Dodger fans in the crowd, who booed him loudly at the start of every at-bat.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from buying beans, my go-to is a cortado with almond milk and — hear me out — quarter-sweet simple syrup.
    Tamia Boyd, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But beyond the symbols, the science itself is moving quickly—in ways that may reshape how breast cancer is prevented, detected and treated.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to minelaying, minesweeping—the ability to detect and remove mines to clear safe passages—is a key element of naval mine warfare.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Search (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/search%20%28for%29. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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