search
verb (used with object)
to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost.
have searched
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present perfectof search.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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Together, these features offer fresh insight into how the bird may have searched for food and navigated its environment on Mauritius before becoming extinct in the late 17th century.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Since then, hundreds of thousands of Germans have searched the records for names of ancestors, well aware they may face unpleasant truths.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Officers have searched "a hugely significant area of land and coastline" along the River Blackwater, Dengie peninsula and River Crouch, along with 2.5km on the southern coast of Mersea Island, Det Supt Anna Granger added.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
The mayor and other city leaders have searched for answers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
“By Monday,” Geyer wrote in a report to headquarters,“we will have searched every outlying town, except Irvington, and another day will conclude that. After Irvington, I scarcely know where we shall go.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
