as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name
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Recent Examples of dredge
Place flour in a shallow dish; dredge chicken lightly in flour, shaking off excess.
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Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
Rather than simply dredging the sea floor and dumping the soil back into the ocean elsewhere, all materials are reused for land reclamation or infrastructure projects.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
The lagoon was last dredged in the winter of 2020-21, when about 300,000 cubic yards of sand were removed and piped onto the beach.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
There the squid are dredged in potato starch and fried, the result similar to crispy calamari.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
Rather than simply dredging the sea floor and dumping the soil back into the ocean elsewhere, all materials are reused for land reclamation or infrastructure projects.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
The lagoon was last dredged in the winter of 2020-21, when about 300,000 cubic yards of sand were removed and piped onto the beach.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
There the squid are dredged in potato starch and fried, the result similar to crispy calamari.
—New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dredge
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This technology helps ensure that ads are relevant to what customers are actually searching for and browsing—unlike traditional retail media ad servers that operate independently from a retailer’s organic product recommendations.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ann Arbor police searched his home shortly after he was fired.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Grab your heavy-duty broom or rake and sweep debris manually wherever tidying up is needed.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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Ready for weeding, raking, or the occasional non-gardening task, put these gloves to the test.—
Nora Taylor,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2025
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In order to find the best hydrating serums for dry skin, our team combed the market for options from top brands.—
Claire Sullivan,
WWD,
19 Mar. 2025
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Dozens of investigators from six different law enforcement agencies were combing the crime scene at the Mississippi Ridge Boarding Kennels with body cameras rolling.—
Jonathan Vigliotti,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2025
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Currently on a six-game winning streak and 11 wins in 12 games, the Celtics suddenly find themselves with a legitimate chance to catch the Cleveland Cavaliers for the top seed in the Eastern Conference.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Auroral activity occurs where a planet's magnetic fields converge into its atmosphere, so Neptune’s auroras are found far from its rotational poles.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Whether painted, re-printed, or scanned, there are endless ways to take the words and handwriting on the card and turn them into something long lasting.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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And that has meant not only scanning where the Heat sit in the East, but the league overall.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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