SEARCHING Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

searching

verb

present participle of search

as in combing

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located

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as in exploring

to go into or range over for purposes of discovery the Spanish conquistadors searched vast areas of the Southwest in their quest for the fabled cities of gold

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Recent Examples of searching According to Ritter, defense attorneys could have been searching for a final opportunity to strengthen Anthony's position before the case reached the jury. —

Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026 The Pentagon is searching for new ways to protect military satellite communications from electronic attacks in space. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026 The solution to incessant searching… Spectrum TV with Xumo Stream Box. —

Dennis Johnson, Oc Register, 8 June 2026 And while the search for the new Bond is finally underway, it's believed that director Denis Villeneuve and casting director Nina Gold are searching for an actor significantly younger than Elba, who is now 53. —

Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 New York City police are searching for a suspect after a man was fatally shot on an MTA bus in the Bronx on Monday. —

Mark Prussin, CBS News, 8 June 2026 However, the group was still searching for something else, and Shimada was in the right place at the right time. —

Shaun Goodwin june 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 June 2026 Always searching, always growing, always going deeper, always chasing things outside his comfort zone. —

Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 1 June 2026 Officers are not currently searching for the third person, who fled the Hyundai previously. —

Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026

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First class Etihad Apartments; Singapore Suites; combing first class on Airbus A380s on all the major Gulf airlines in a single trip; combining six different airline first class products in a single round trip.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
No one, perhaps, relishes the thought of combing through a credit report, shopping around for car insurance or parsing a bank statement.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 1 June 2026