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adjective

as in scraped

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verb

past tense of scour
as in searched
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic

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Recent Examples of scoured
Adjective
Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire. — Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
From the passenger seat, Alivea scoured Kaylee’s phone records and DMed her inner circle to find clues about the final hours of her younger sister’s life. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026 Investigators had scoured the neighborhoods surrounding Guthrie's home and her daughter Annie's house nearby in search of video evidence that might show a suspect or suspect vehicle earlier in the investigation. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 Historian Casey Pallister argues that the brief but intense era of the bone hunters, those who scoured the land for the bones, should be better known. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026 For the third year running, Robb Report editors and writers have scoured the world of high-end audio to find the best equipment available. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 July 2026 European allies and Canada scoured their inventories to see what could be offered should one of them come under attack. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Out of more than 300 patients who had their neck arteries scoured, Italian researchers reported, those with higher levels of plastics-laden plaque were more likely to suffer strokes, heart attacks or sudden death during the next three years. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 Police quickly scoured nearby surveillance footage to get to the bottom of what happened — one camera did reveal what occurred. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 20 June 2026 The team scoured documents buried in Japanese and US military archives before conducting sonar surveys and technical dives. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoured
  1. sanded
  2. searched
  3. found
  4. combed
Adjective
  • Fill the crack in the door with the epoxy wood filler, spreading a small bit of the paste over the sanded area to help close and bond the edges of the crack together.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of sanded
Verb
  • Police across the Kansas City area searched for suspect Oscar Sanchez-Munoz for about a week.
    — Laura Bauer July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • It’ll be spoken, typed, searched, hashtagged and, ideally, remembered.
    — HubSpot, HubSpot, 31 July 2026
Definition of searched
Verb
  • Music, mentorship & the main stage One of the defining aspects of the festival is its connection to Art as Mentorship, the nonprofit Chi founded after years of touring with Making Movies.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • The life and career of Giorgio Armani is set to be the subject of a high-end TV series produced by Italy’s Lux Vide, which is collaborating with the fashion house founded by the iconic designer known for his close ties to Hollywood.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 July 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • Investigators combed through the DNA and paper trail genealogy research to fill gaps in Bradley’s family tree, from newspaper and social media records to genetic analysis.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Helicopters, airplanes and fishing vessels combed a roughly 1,000-square-mile area.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Definition of combed

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