see (something) in (something or someone)
phrasal verb
saw (something) in (something or someone); seen (something) in (something or someone); seeing (something) in (something or someone); sees (something) in (something or someone)
: to notice or perceive (something good or attractive) in (someone or something)
I think their plan is crazy, but he apparently sees something in it.
I can't understand what she sees in him.
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Keck’s ability to see in infrared helped the researchers study the asteroid’s composition.
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Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Among the teams Berhalter got to see in person were Morocco, Brazil and France.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The real debate was, of course, little different — except that millions of Americans could now see in real time what Biden’s intimate associates had been concealing from them for many months.
—Fintan O’Toole, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
One of those films that for too long was very difficult to see in any format, the movie was adapted from the Joan Didion novel of the same name by Didion herself and her husband, John Gregory Dunne.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Among the teams Berhalter got to see in person were Morocco, Brazil and France.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
The real debate was, of course, little different — except that millions of Americans could now see in real time what Biden’s intimate associates had been concealing from them for many months.
—Fintan O’Toole, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
One of those films that for too long was very difficult to see in any format, the movie was adapted from the Joan Didion novel of the same name by Didion herself and her husband, John Gregory Dunne.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for see (something) in (something or someone)
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“See (something) in (something or someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/see%20%28something%29%20in%20%28something%20or%20someone%29. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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