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as in to look up
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seek (out)
Verb
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It’s meant to be an enduring tribute that people years from now can look up.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026 -
Things may be looking up at the Amazing AM.—
Richard Wagoner,
Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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An engineer named Eiji Nakatsu cast about for a way to make the trains quiet.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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On the subject of creating the film, Deckelmeyer asked the cast about their unusual strings of accidents on set.—
Scott Huver,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Sussexes coordinated in matching casual navy looks.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2026
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Defense chiefs from two major US allies have issued a rare public plea for people across Europe to support big boosts in defense spending to deter a possible war with an increasingly westward-looking Russia.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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When a system reaches equilibrium, no further energy can be extracted.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Feb. 2026
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The high is likely to reach the upper 30s in the Boston area.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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The design is meant to reorient us, to take us on a trail walked not by humans but traversed and carved by elephants, a creature still misunderstood, vilified and hunted for its cataclysmic-like ability to reshape land, and sometimes communities.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Under normal weather conditions, iguana control companies use air guns to hunt the lizards, while IzzyTrap uses traps that can catch up to 25 iguanas at a time.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Seek (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seek%20%28out%29. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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