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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The desire to escape her consulting job also motivated Rachel McGrath, a former oil-and-gas engineer, to become a searcher after she learned about it at Harvard Business School.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ruiz, 60, herself a searcher for several years, came to the isolated site to seek traces of her son, Elias Sánchez Ruiz, who, she said, was kidnapped Jan. 14, 2013, never to be seen again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 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
“She is what nobody wants to be. Nobody wants to be a searcher, nobody wants to be looking for a family member.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
“Satyrs hate going underground. No searcher would ever try going in that place. No flowers. No sunshine. No coffee shops!”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
