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as in hunt
an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something the search for the missing hikers lasted several days

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verb (1)

search (for or out)

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verb (2)

as in to pursue
to go in search of every year major league scouts crisscross the country to search for young players with promising talent

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Recent Examples of search
Noun
Security guards conduct basic metal detector searches at the front, and the rear doors are fenced off in an open-air parking lot. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025 As part of that announcement, the club said that Kay Cossington, who previously led Sixth Street’s global women’s soccer strategy, would be leading sporting efforts at the club moving forward, including the search for a new coach. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
In August, Jahn searched for apps that tracked the movement of ICE agents, according to the FBI. Peter D'abrosca , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025 Police started searching the area near South Clay Street and North Drive and found a man carrying a machete and commanded him to drop it, the department said in a news release. Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for search
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Noun
  • Imagine carrying a device in your pocket that can measure sea level rise with pinpoint accuracy, detect earthquakes hundreds of kilometers away, or even help hunt for elusive dark matter.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Jacob Latreille, 21, is accused of killing 13 alligators during overnight trips in April after videos of these hunts were found on the phones of his friends.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Millions of people have joined us in our quest to MAKE AMERICA, GREAT AGAIN.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In the quest to add more than 90,000 housing units in Nashville over the next decade, a new leadership council is bringing together leaders from across the city’s private, public and nonprofit sectors.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Search.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/search. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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