search
verb (used with object)
to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost.
searcher
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a word derived from
search.
Example Sentences
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From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
It had just returned very hungry from a long migration north of Moscow and proved to be a keen searcher.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2023
Her creator, volunteer searcher Delia Quiroa, hopes to publicize the plight of mothers who have to carry out the searches and investigations police won’t do.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
Big attitude — uncaring on the surface, vulnerable underneath and in the furthest recesses of her being, a searcher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
“Uncle Ferdinand knew the risks. So did my dad. But I’ll succeed. I’ll be the first searcher to return alive.”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
