cast about
Britishverb
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Also, cast around . Seek, make a search, as in We cast about for the necessary tools, but couldn't find them in the garage . [Late 1600s]
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Devise means, contrive, as in They cast about for new ways to increase revenue . This usage was first recorded in 1867.
Example Sentences
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The colonists cast about for another means of ensuring that these judges would be independent, sensitive to local interests, and not entirely beholden to the king.
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2025
Stokes is the headliner of all-star ensemble cast about to tell a story overflowing with subplots.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
These days, Lacey divides her time between Brooklyn and Mexico City — during the pandemic, she left a relationship, sold her home and cast about before alighting in Mexico City, almost on a whim.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
District Judge Dean Pregerson cast about for other solutions, suggesting the county might sue the state or ask the Board of Supervisors for more money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
“Really eat? Oh ... Stoo ... and ...” He cast about for something English for the evil river to eat.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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