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as in to find out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for search (for)
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But your brain might still seek patterns to overcome.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025 -
Instead, the attorney general said his office will seek a sentence of life in prison for Glossip because the man who confessed to bludgeoning Van Treese with a baseball bat, Justin Sneed, is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
Verb
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Arvind Limited and Fashion for Good want to find out.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 June 2025
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When a 6-year-old boy hadn’t been to school in weeks, deputies went to his home for a welfare check and found out his mother had killed him during an exorcism, Florida authorities said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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Powerless is set in the kingdom of Ilya where the Elites reign supreme with their breathtaking powers—and hunt those without.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
5 June 2025
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Seals are known to use their highly sensitive and dexterous whiskers to navigate and hunt, but the role of visual perception is less studied.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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An accompanying ad campaign for the Converse collaboration featuring Lila Moss is running online and in wild posting.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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Utilizing an accompanying app or physical pushbutton controls, riders can choose between Slow, Middle and Fast pedaling preferences.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
5 June 2025
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But while in the batter’s box and while running down that line, his fire burned just as hot as if there were twenty scouts in the stands judging his every movement.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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His white shirt is blood stained and blood can be seen running down his face and matted in his hair a crowd assist him to the medical staff.—
Hannah Parry
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Law enforcement also uses LexisNexis tools to dig up information on suspects.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 June 2025
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Hanna and several others had been dug up from New York Marble Cemetery, in the East Village, and moved to Green-Wood, followed by people named Westcoat, White, Clark, Wilson, Lewis, Codman, and Blount.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 June 2025
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If the sky becomes threatening and thunder can be heard, find a safe place to shelter.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 June 2025
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Asian needle ants were first detected in the U.S. almost a century ago, but the species has continued to expand its reach, primarily throughout the Southeast, and this pest could potentially be deadly to humans, according to Dan Suiter, a professor of urban entomology at the University of Georgia.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
10 June 2025
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The aphid was carried from Africa by the harmattan wind across the ocean to the Caribbean; it was detected in Florida’s sugarcane fields in the late nineteen-seventies and, in 2013, on sorghum crops farther north.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Search (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/search%20%28for%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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