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searched

verb

past tense of search

as in found

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 explored

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 searched Another neighbor searched the woods, calling to the children, hearing nothing back. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Mary Beth Granbery of Mount Shasta was found Sunday along Cabin Creek after search-and-rescue teams from the Siskiyou and Shasta county sheriff’s offices searched the area, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. — Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 In October 2026, the disgraced ex-prince filed a lawsuit against the Thames Valley Police, who arrested him and searched his homes on his birthday. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2026 Investigators with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control searched the offices of the Lineage cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights that burned down this summer as part of a criminal probe on Tuesday, authorities said. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 As well as arresting Zhang on Sunday, FBI agents also searched her home in an upscale suburb of Irvine, California. — Josh Boswell, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Mountbatten-Windsor asked the court to rule on whether Thames Valley Police lawfully searched his homes near Windsor Castle and on King Charles III's Sandringham estate, according to The Daily Telegraph. — Lauryn Overhultz , Ashley Papa , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The page can then feature relevant client examples, reviews and messaging that speak directly to what that person searched for. — David Cozzens, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Haithcock served as interim superintendent for about a year while the district searched for a permanent leader. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026

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Fabscrap was founded in 2016 by New York City Department of Sanitation employee Jessica Schreiber.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
King Promise founded Rent Paid to fundraise for local community charities, including the Nungua Orphanage, which provides support to those under 16 in the area.

— Sophie Williams, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026

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But the seeds are planted quickly for weightier themes to be explored later.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Kearns gushed in a 2015 interview that his dream creative collaboration would be directing a project written by his daughter that explored race.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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Lojo and a colleague combed through some corridors, looking for clients who might have nestled in remote areas.

— Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Nollet and Anderson collaborated on a similar hairstyle the 2026 Kering Foundation Caring for Women Dinner earlier in September, only here her curls were teased and combed as if she’d slept in them.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

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As for the plane in question, this is a variant of the venerable F-16 and is a heavily modernized version featuring, among other features, APG-83 Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
GPTZero also scanned 300 of the roughly 20,000 submissions to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) and found more than 50 hallucinated citations.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of scanned

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In the fourth quarter, left tackle Rashawn Slater lay for several moments on the turf and was examined by medical staff before rising to his feet and walking gingerly to the sideline with an ankle injury.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Under D’Amaro, Disney has enacted new rounds of layoffs and examined its cost structure.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of examined

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Susanna hung to a strap in the crowded car, and critically surveyed the seated crowd spreading just below, from which no one had separated and individualized himself by giving her a seat.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
The results also differed markedly depending on the wealth of the country surveyed.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of surveyed

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Williams and her team scoured sites like 1stDibs to find the kinds of tasteful pieces that would live with the wealthy Crawford family but that also conveyed the subtly spooky effect that’s a hallmark of the film.

— Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
Sitting in a pediatric intensive care unit last year, watching a ventilator keep her 17-month-old daughter alive, Emily Marris scoured the contents of her phone for evidence to give to California health and food safety investigators.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of scoured

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Richard Warren Middle School was placed on a security hold status while authorities investigated the report and determined the student did not have a gun, Kitchens said.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
While officers investigated, a tow truck driver reported finding a man with a gunshot wound nearby, police said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2026

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