Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for searched (for)
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But much like Howard Jarvis feared, the tax-and-spend interests have sought to destroy Proposition 13 ever since, most recently by persuading courts to carve loopholes in its constitutional protections and invent new ways for government agencies to raise revenue.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025 -
European hunters, many of them colonial officers, sought the Barbary lion as a trophy.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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After the mysterious deaths of the two diamondback rattlesnakes, Cardwell dug up temperature data from a 20-year-old study in the Mojave Desert to help develop a mathematical model for measuring what might be happening inside the desert burrows.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the prehistoric creature would have hunted based on sight alone.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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The virus was known for occasionally jumping from small wild animals to people, often children who hunted them.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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Davie detectives then found out that the DEA was also looking into Cooper’s group, and the two agencies began a joint investigation.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Cracker Barrel quickly found out that the big picture is hard to see through cataracts.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Each rock bottom has come accompanied by a shovel, as the Dodgers keep digging deeper.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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And, it's accompanied by second total lunar eclipse of 2025.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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One of the men jumped over a railing and entered the water, while the other ran down the boat ramp and waded into the water, according to the security video.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
26 Aug. 2025
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One student, overwhelmed with excitement, shouted about how amazing the new space looked and even ran down the hallway to bring his brother to see it.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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One of those bets was £115 but it was heard the same person had placed almost £1,000 on the corners market of a fixture not involving Paqueta just two days earlier.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Putin cannot be heard speaking clearly in Russian in the CCTV clip.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Some studies have discovered suicidal ideation persisting in young people suffering from gender dysphoria.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Sep. 2025
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The group also discovered that more than 450 beaches had potentially unsafe levels of fecal contamination for at least 25% of the days tested.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Searched (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/searched%20%28for%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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