searches (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of search (for)
1
as in seeks

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2
as in tumbles (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for searches (for)
  1. seeks
  2. finds out
  3. hunts
  4. runs down
  5. escorts
  6. digs up
  7. accompanies
  8. determines
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  • The investment comes as Helix seeks to address growing competition in the AI infrastructure market by targeting both data center deployment and the underlying power infrastructure needed to support it.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • That deal seeks to temporarily manage shipping traffic on what was seen as an international waterway before the war.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of seeks
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  • Some family members even left the courtroom as Marcelle is heard asking about her children and finds out her son was killed.
    — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • And also God help him if anyone on the island finds out that Evan is the last [descendant].
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 June 2026
Definition of finds out
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  • They are trapped inside and have to complete six games and escape for a supernatural figure hunts them down.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Jordan hunts estate sales, thrift stores and EcoSet, flips Facebook Marketplace scores and tends an ever-growing plant collection, treating her cozy apartment as a long-term nesting ground between film and TV jobs.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of hunts
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  • In the world of Dune, the suit transforms the sweat into drinking water; but in the Mexican desert, the sweat just pools, sticks to my skin and runs down my arms.
    — Kyle Maclachlan, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Neural cells form as a thickening of the ectoderm that runs down the center of the embryo from head to tail.
    — JOHN TIMMER, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of runs down
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  • Entry has been moved to the garden, where you’re greeted by a hostess who escorts you into an antechamber with a bar, and you’re invited to order a pre-dinner cocktail.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Elsewhere, La’an escorts the one person who can save Spock via a cloned heart transplant, Sybok, Spock’s half-brother (though by all appearances his twin since he’s played by Ethan Peck).
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of escorts
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  • For decades, the debate around Africa’s natural resources has largely been over who gets the value from what the continent digs up and ships out.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • What begins as a journey for father and son to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye, quickly turns into a fantastical adventure the tests their relationship and digs up ghosts from Kratos' past.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of digs up
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  • Still, getting ourselves out via some traction boards would have saved on money, frustration and the embarrassment that accompanies getting stuck less than a mile from the highway.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Previously unseen artwork accompanies his account of how the visual identity developed alongside the music.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of accompanies
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  • Development creates anatomy, which determines local physiology.
    — Subramaniam C. Krishnan, STAT, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Democrats serious about climate change should support active management tools before wildfire determines what these landscapes look like for generations.
    — Chris Edwards, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026
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“Searches (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/searches%20%28for%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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