prospecting

verb

Definition of prospectingnext
present participle of prospect
as in searching
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery soon all manner of people had arrived in the valley to prospect it for gold

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“Prospecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prospecting. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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