comb
noun
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
have combed
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present perfectof comb.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since then, groups in the Netherlands and Belgium have combed through medical records to examine outcomes of pregnant patients with these types of abnormal results.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 4, 2024
They have combed through letters, journals and all manner of public records to identify unnamed figures and sketch out their biographies as comprehensively as possible.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Search teams with cadaver dogs have combed through 25% of the Lahaina disaster zone from the Maui wildfires, discovering the remains of a 99th victim, but perhaps hundreds more people were unaccounted for.
From Reuters ● Aug. 15, 2023
We have combed through dozens of images and pieces of footage from the capital to get a sense of how this is affecting residential areas of the city.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2023
I could have combed his letters for clues about her.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
