search (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for search (for)
Verb
  • The Red Clay Strays aren’t seeking to be spiritual leaders, Coleman told fans during the segment.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • If trapped by moving water, seek the highest possible point and contact emergency services by calling 911.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The boys — then ages 8, 10 and 12 — were kicked out after other school parents found out about the OnlyFans content created by Jackson and her husband.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Let’s go down a research hole to find out if the revenge game narrative actually holds any weight.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As if the local deer population had enough to worry about as the bow hunting season begins, now a disease is spreading between them.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Guests can stay in the original 15th-century stone castle, where local designers Eva-Maria Bauer and Gerhard Stahl incorporated pine parquet floors and dark green Austrian loden wool accents as an homage to the property’s hunting lodge past.
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Residents here have above average educational backgrounds and the higher incomes that accompany them.
    John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Permits are invalid unless they are accompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection from an accredited veterinarian indicating that the animal is free of disease.
    Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On that snap to Herbert, the play-clock was running down, Bonitto recalled.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Chairman David Moores came in with tears running down his cheeks.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The wire makes digging up the bulbs more difficult, but allows the foliage to easily grow through the wire holes.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Our team wants to hear your tips, chase the leads and uncover the truth.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The women are hearing none of this.
    Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2020, astronomers led by Jane Greaves of the University of Cardiff claimed to have detected the gas phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Because such materials can be difficult to detect once products are frozen, widespread recalls help prevent potentially serious harm to consumers, especially children, who are a common audience for corn dog and pancake stick products.
    Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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