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searched

verb

past tense of search

as in found

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 explored

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 searched Officers detained Hoang and searched the residence, finding two people with stab wounds. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 Police manhunt Dozens of Sacramento police officers, along with other local law enforcement agencies, searched the area for the suspect. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 While her phone wasn’t searched going into the US, her car was. — CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 The researchers also searched for related malicious code using the Validin threat intelligence platform. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Results can be searched and filtered, and files can be previewed before recovery. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026 Emergency teams who searched the airport grounds didn't find the vehicle or any intruder on site, the agency reported. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 While that lawsuit was pending, Murkerson says his car’s license plate was searched multiple times in the Flock system. — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 Some consumers searched for substitutes, and ethanol was an answer then. — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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Randsburg, which was once a booming California Gold Rush town founded in 1895, has seen most of its residents leave over the years.

— Joy Benedict, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
At the time, Truell hadn’t founded a company; but three years later, the venture capitalist persuaded her firm, BoxGroup, to invest in the Gen Z engineering savant’s nascent business.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of found

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The historic center’s many sights can easily be explored on foot from the property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Yahoo reported that media entities like Amazon have been explored as possible TV partners by schools considering going independent.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of explored

Verb

In designing the collection, Zankov combed Banana Republic’s archives and selected pieces to reinterpret with his own signature elements including unexpected color and patchwork construction.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Lojo and a colleague combed through some corridors, looking for clients who might have nestled in remote areas.

— Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

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Early Sunday morning, near the Place de la République, a part-time crossing guard named Joëlle, 71, scanned the wreckage along the Boulevard Voltaire from a bench, holding her shaggy shepherd mix, Pollux, on a leash.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Yet before the crows could be digitally designed, they were sculpted, and the character department built different parts of the crow — feathers, beaks, eyes and feet — to be scanned.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of scanned

Verb

Generally, most households struggled more financially during the period examined, regardless of political representation, as median costs rose by 33 percent, while median incomes rose only 28 percent.

— Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
To determine whether Decipher could help guide that decision, researchers examined test scores from more than 27,000 patients in real-world data and 401 men with non-metastatic prostate cancer who had participated in the STAMPEDE abiraterone trial.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of examined

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In Washington state, researchers with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project have surveyed six glaciers on Mount Baker during an annual summer trip.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026
Only 22% of leaders surveyed did not feel personally equipped—emotionally, cognitively and physically—to lead effectively under conditions of prolonged uncertainty.

— Carol Geffner, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of surveyed

Verb

For this story, Jessie scoured Nordstrom for a variety of ways to wear chocolate brown suede, including some more affordable options and splurge-worthy investments.

— Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2026
Workers restored the oak floors and the mahogany central staircase and paneling, while employees scoured Europe for antique decorations and furniture.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

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