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searched

verb

past tense of search

as in found

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 explored

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 searched Firefighters searched the building while attacking the flames, evacuating residents in areas directly threatened by the fire. — Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026 When Nottingham Forest searched for another wing-back, the club and head coach Oliver Glasner wanted someone similar to Daniel Munoz. — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Others searched the information to identify cryptocurrency holders who appeared to be the most valuable targets. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026 The charges come almost a year after Clark was arrested as his London home was searched by police. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 During the weekend, authorities searched 89 square nautical miles in an effort to find him. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Galer said the officer searched Martin twice — once during the arrest and once during booking downtown. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026 Agents also searched a nearby cannabis dispensary located next door to the senator’s office. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026 Dado Ruvic | Reuters Bitcoin headed for its third straight winning week, as traders searched for refuge amid volatile moves in equities, currencies and bond markets. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

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One of the Constitution’s founding purposes was to prevent change.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Neal Street Productions, a Banijay Entertainment company, was founded in 2003; its founders are Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of found

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Several of her children have explored creative work alongside her.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
The Army has increasingly emphasized systems capable of operating with greater independence, while recent programs have explored autonomous intelligence, sensing, targeting, logistics and maneuver.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of explored

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Political campaigns have always combed a candidate’s old statements and clips for material to be used against them.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
When several doctoral students combed through the sequencing results, there was only one way to explain why so many extra gene copies were scattered across the whole of the potamo genome.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of combed

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Engineers who separately examined the building’s exterior supposedly found widespread corrosion in structural components of the soffit panels along the underside of an overhang that wraps around the center.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Webb has detailed how the Broncos have examined the layering of routes to ensure progressions best fit how Nix reads the field.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of examined

Verb

Pew Research Center found that 66% of the American adults surveyed would not even want to apply for a job where AI makes hiring decisions.

— Ranjay Sarda, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Students who refrain from using AI perform better academically than those who use it, according to the report, which surveyed more than 760,000 students across 91 countries.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of surveyed

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Cohen and West scoured the Windows on the World Facebook page to find surviving former employees to help tell the story.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The possibility of finding survivors elsewhere ⁠was fading, authorities said, but there was no letup in rescue operations as teams scoured the mountainside along the border with China where floods tore through towns and valleys.

— Reuters, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of scoured

Verb

The Star reached out to the Kansas City Police Department asking if the allegations were reported or investigated but did not immediately hear back.

— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
Officials asked the public to continue avoiding the parking structure while police investigated.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026

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