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
Verb
  • The university admissions replacement system still has to be designed, and legal changes may be needed — leaving crucial decisions unresolved even as the government seeks to persuade students to end their protests.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The end of Vucic’s reign now ushers in a period of uncertainty as the disparate Student List seeks to establish a new order in the country.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of seeks
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The species, native to Western Europe and Africa, has few predators, aggressively hunts its prey, and can consume a wide variety of shellfish, including oysters, clams, mussels, lobsters, and other crabs.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of hunts
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  • There’s a marshy creek that runs down the west side of the property, and that creekbottom transitions to a 100-yard-wide stretch of hardwoods that border a hayfield.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Italy‘s Rai has bought the Fox and Fremantle reboot starring Stephen Amell, Brooks Nader and Noah Beck after its first window deal with Prime Video Italy runs down.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 Oct. 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
Verb
  • 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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  • The tale is energized by the thoughtful performances of Hanns Zischler, as Mann, and Sandra Hüller, as the author’s daughter Erika, who accompanies him while reviving conflicts from her own past.
    — Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Veteran jazz journalist Richard Scheinin accompanies the photos with vivid, detailed prose.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of accompanies
Verb
  • How the Fed affects your money The Fed's benchmark interest rate determines what banks charge one another for overnight loans.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In this setup, the angle between the polarized light and the polarizer determines how much light can pass through the latter.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of determines
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