as in searched
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for
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Engineers have long searched for efficient electric alternatives that can survive the harsh conditions inside industrial systems.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026 -
The Sacramento Bee searched through Google Flights to find the most affordable one-way plane trip options for local travelers during March.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Anthropic was founded in 2021 by a group of former OpenAI staff and researchers, including Dario Amodei, who left the company after disagreements over its direction.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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Authorities’ security concerns surrounding the burial location are well founded.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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The machine scanned the skull using bright, nondestructive X-rays, generating over 9,000 high-resolution images and terabytes of data.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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At one, visitors design their own mini soccer stadium using Lego-like blocks, which are scanned by a kiosk and transformed into a digital model.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Mar. 2026
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After Friedmann’s arrest, Hall’s staff had combed through two million hours of footage from the Downtown Detention Center’s six hundred cameras, compiling a reel of Friedmann’s every movement in the jail.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Eleven people were still missing after the strike, police said, as rescue crews combed the rubble.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Sorted (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorted%20%28through%29. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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