searched (for)

past tense of search (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for searched (for)
Verb
  • The Idaho Legislature has sought to address the issue with a number of anti-swatting bills in recent years.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Echoing childhood memories Like many other people who sought safety in the United States, Davis, California, resident Griselda Gonzalez said watching federal troops patrolling Los Angeles conjured up painful childhood memories.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And there are photos that 247Sports dug up from past Manning throws, even dating to his high school days, that show the grimace.
    Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • But at night, he was described as a sadistic killer who hunted for victims, offering to take their photograph before killing them.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Bob Lee, a New Yorker who has spent many months on safari and who has hunted over most of Africa, is a gun nut of the most desperate kind.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The director found out that his 1 million feet of dailies were in storage in Mexico’s National Autonomous University archive.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Once found out, the man stormed into Anderson's room and shot him dead.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Even growing up in 1970s and '80s Chicago, Goldberg-Polin decisions were always accompanied by fundamental questions.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 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
  • Over the loudspeaker, the captain told the passengers that the Alpine Fault ran down the South Island, right beneath the Milford Sound.
    Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The Chargers ran down the clock after Herbert gained 2 yards on a sneak.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Summer, filming her sister at the table, can be heard in the background prompting her to keep going.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Mthethwa also faced an ongoing probe that heard allegations by a provincial police commissioner who accused him of attempting to obstruct the prosecution of a former head of South Africa’s Crime Intelligence Services who was being investigated for corruption.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Maintenance crews discovered them during a routine post-flight inspection of the plane after arriving from New York.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The company has discovered that a mysterious font could be used to crash an iOS app and potentially tamper with the system memory.
    Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 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 4 Oct. 2025.

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