SEEKING (OUT) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

seeking (out)

verb

present participle of seek (out)

as in looking up

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as in casting about

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Shortly after giving his team a temporary lead on Monday, the athlete put his hands over his face before looking up at the sky and pointing upward, as shown in a video shared by Fox Sports.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Stannard remembers lying on the pavement and looking up at the blue sky, not yet feeling any pain, and realizing that he’d actually been hit.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of looking up

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Along with the main shades in the lineup, there are seven color-correcting options that neutralize, brighten, and leave skin looking more refined.

— Tanya Sharma, InStyle, 4 July 2026
After the revolution, explained Miller, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton wasn't liking how the country's coffers were looking.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 July 2026

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Buckhead Heritage, a historic preservation organization, will make a historic building its new headquarters after reaching an agreement with Atlanta Public Schools.

— Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 7 July 2026
Tehran has paused fragile negotiations with the US aimed at reaching a lasting deal to end their conflict during the multi-day funeral for Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike in February, on the first day of the war.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

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