search
verb (used with object)
to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost.
searchable
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a word derived from
search.
Example Sentences
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The Federation of Astronomical Societies has about 200 affiliated members and a searchable list, external on its website.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The scam that embroiled his mother began on Tinder, but the author’s larger subject is the social web that makes intimacy searchable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The constitutional question raised by Chatrie is not simply whether one warrant went too far, but whether the government may use mass reservoirs of innocent people’s data as searchable terrain for criminal investigation.
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
Soleimani Afshar and Hosseiny are being held in an ICE facility in Pearsall, Texas, according to a searchable database of detainees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
If the Mona Lisa had been stolen in England, where fingerprints were searchable, Perugia would have been arrested almost immediately.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
