SEARCH (FOR OR OUT) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

search (for or out)

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as in to pursue

to go in search of every year major league scouts crisscross the country to search for young players with promising talent

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The play’s tension, gently but poignantly unspooled, develops from the fact that while Ryan has pursued a career onstage, Charlie never did.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, public broadcasters are pursuing different models of collaboration.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

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The payouts combine unpaid overtime, reimbursement for housing illegally deducted from their pay and hefty damages personally sought by investigating Prosecutor Paolo Storari, Brigatti said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
When a lobbyist for former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar — an electoral opponent of Tinubu — filed an amicus brief, Greenspan sought to make clear that the two were not working together.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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The dressing room was now populated by brightly dressed women, all of whom looked up from applying makeup to stare tightly at her in the doorframe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
The best way to watch the meteor shower is to sit in a reclining lawn chair or lie on your back and look up at the sky with a wide view.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

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