on the lookout for
idiom
: looking or searching for (something or someone)
An avid shopper, she was always on the lookout for sales.
The police are on the lookout for two men who escaped from custody yesterday.
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Robin Ryan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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In terms of defense, researchers are always on the lookout for large asteroids capable of colliding with Earth.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 17 Sep. 2024
An array of radioactive substances had been released during the disaster, including plutonium and uranium, but scientists were also on the lookout for harmful levels of radioactive cesium and iodine isotopes, which turned out to be the abundant and far-reaching contaminants of agricultural land.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
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Robin Ryan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Why Trust Southern Living Carrie Honaker is a food and travel writer who is always on the lookout for makeup that doesn’t make her 50-year-old sensitive skin look crepey.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2024
In terms of defense, researchers are always on the lookout for large asteroids capable of colliding with Earth.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 17 Sep. 2024
An array of radioactive substances had been released during the disaster, including plutonium and uranium, but scientists were also on the lookout for harmful levels of radioactive cesium and iodine isotopes, which turned out to be the abundant and far-reaching contaminants of agricultural land.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
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“On the lookout for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20lookout%20for. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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