searches (for)

present tense third-person singular of search (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for searches (for)
Verb
  • Now the junta that ousted her seeks to hold sham polls in December to entrench and legitimize their rule.
    Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The deal signals a push into entertainment and media as Playboy seeks to expand its presence in the film and television space.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • But while many hiring professionals are concerned about applicants using AI in the process, one leader actually hunts for talent using the tech in application rounds.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • That included a pair of hunters named Victor Travis and Raymond Burgess; on the show, Gein hunts them down and murders them with a chainsaw.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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
  • 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
  • Foreign reporters can currently only enter Gaza when the Israeli military allows and escorts them.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • An advertisement for the Résonance, which Francis Ford Coppola saved and was later found by his wife, leading to the gift, accompanies the watch, Boutros says.
    Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But more important to the story than the autobiographical details, which in any case are swallowed up by the vortex of fiction, is the devastating loss of meaning that accompanies the death of a child.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This is the moment when Tyrique George runs down the right flank and sends a cross into the area, which takes a bit of a deflection.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Sharp runs down some of the more boldface-name contributions.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
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
  • The most important factor that determines whether a residential building will be built is the ability to access capital.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The student is an English language learner who has received services for less than two years, and a group of the student’s school educators determines that promotion is appropriate.
    Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Searches (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/searches%20%28for%29. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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