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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From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Like Ruiz, Paula Ávila, another searcher who visited the site, said the place gave her the chills.
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
The fact that no searcher had ever come back in two thousand years . . . well, I decided not to think about that.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
