searches (for)

Definition of searches (for)next
present tense third-person singular of search (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for searches (for)
Verb
  • Campillo and other critics call that shift a bait-and-switch, and Campillo’s proposal seeks to prevent a repeat by requiring any ballot measure that could create a new fee — or raise an existing one — to undergo a comprehensive analysis long before voters weigh in.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The lawsuit also seeks permission to appoint outside counsel selected by the Auditor’s Office to Special Assistant Attorney General to represent them — something Attorney General Andrea Campbell says DiZoglio does not have the authority to do.
    Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The film centers on inmates at an Indonesian correctional facility whose fragile power structures fracture when a new prisoner arrives with a vengeful supernatural entity that hunts those with the darkest aura.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Pylkkänen, who hunts for pheasant, roe deer, and much else, served me grouse carpaccio with wild rowan berries.
    Boris Fishman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In Season 1 Morgan discovered Roman may have inadvertently become involved in Los Angeles' criminal underworld, and Karadec finds out Roman was an FBI informant who's likely now in Nevada.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Paul finds out and blows his top.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Enriquez’s organization, Little Village Community Council, saw its volunteer walking group which escorts children to school, grow from 13 to 32 students.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Medlin escorts me down the hall to the judge’s office, where Skeet is in a meeting with some local men.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His sweeping theme for Jurassic Park accompanies the first view of a herd of brontosauruses, matching the wide-eyed wonder of Sam Neill and Laura Dern beat for beat.
    Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
  • In Guinea-Bissau, Nour accompanies Gloria for a ceremony honoring the latter’s father, who died two years prior.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • With athletes making their first Olympic runs down the track, early consistency and clean starts will be crucial, especially as sliders balance aggression with control on one of the fastest courses in the world.
    Zach Powell, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • In grainy eight millimeter footage, a young bride named Yvonne Olsen smiles on the patio, runs down the concrete stairs to the ocean and draws her husband's name in the sand.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • By chance, Bogdan digs up a gravesite that has bones laid on top of it—bones belonging to Peter Mercer.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There's also a third body involved when contractor Bodgan digs up a bonus set of bones in the cemetery, providing a potential motive for the Ventham killing and creating a third mystery to solve in the process.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Candidates don’t always honor their party’s endorsement and will sometimes advance to the August primary election, which officially determines the party nominee.
    Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Each agency determines what work is essential or not.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Searches (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/searches%20%28for%29. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.

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