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as in to find
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 to explore
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 search
Cedar Attanasio and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Some Gemini responses are simply standard Gmail searches.
—David Nield, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2024
Becca Longmire, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The station serves routes that could have taken him to New Jersey, north toward Boston or south toward Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
The NYPD has been searching Central Park since Wednesday.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Through the park search, the NYPD has taken steps to minimize disruption to visitors, leading to an odd juxtaposition of joggers, tourists and an active crime scene.
—Cedar Attanasio and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Some Gemini responses are simply standard Gmail searches.
—David Nield, WIRED, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
Authorities are still searching for Thompson's killer.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The station serves routes that could have taken him to New Jersey, north toward Boston or south toward Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
The NYPD has been searching Central Park since Wednesday.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Unsurprisingly, Jordan’s hunt for this buck was filmed.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 12 Dec. 2024
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This was after the courts had affirmed Ojibwe treaty rights to fish, hunt and harvest in the Ceded Territory, which encompasses millions of acres that the government took from Ojibwe tribes in the mid-1800s.Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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Teenagers spent an average of 4.8 hours each day on social media platforms, with YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat found to be the most attractive to younger users.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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The New York Police Department set out to find suspects in three separate shootings — including the mayor and the death of one of their own.Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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During last year’s Winter Meetings, Brown emphatically denied that the team would explore trades for impending free agent Alex Bregman, making Monday’s acknowledgment a departure from Houston’s standard operating procedure.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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The mountain offers 105 trails and a charming mountain village to explore.Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
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This latest version reinforces APL’s quest to make high-quality sound accessible to all, from top-tier recording professionals to those of us who simply love great music.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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But in a new mock trade proposal, the Lakers land some wing help to improve their quest for another title.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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With each, users must scan a list of blue links, select and read a source, and abstract any pertinent information.Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Patrons scan their Gail Borden library cards or reciprocal borrower cards to start their sessions.Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. 2024
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However, the process is slow due to the time and costs involved in locating each person, obtaining their DNA and testing it.Doc Louallen, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Naila immediately began calling anyone in Syria who might help locate her sister and her family.Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Businesses will also benefit from leveraging large context windows to comb through their entire corpus of documents—aka institutional knowledge—in a single prompt.Clint Boulton, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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As an introverted schoolboy in Reading, England—his family had moved there from Belfast—Branagh wrote to his actor heroes, combing through old theatre magazines and charting their rise from tiny parts at the Royal Shakespeare Company to later triumphs.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Experts from Congo's National Rapid Response Team and WHO have been deployed to Panzi last week to take samples and investigate, but the remote location—over 435 miles from Kinshasa—posed logistical challenges.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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While risk to the public remains low, the local health department is working with the California Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate the case.Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Search.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/search. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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