searching
Americanadjective
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examining carefully or thoroughly.
a searching inspection.
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acutely observant or penetrating.
a searching glance; a searching mind.
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piercing or sharp.
a searching wind.
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Femenia-Serra says that cities are still searching for satisfactory formulas.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Amid all his collecting, he was searching for a purpose equal to the weight of his coin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“That is why it is important to keep searching for technosignatures, even from objects we might not expect to have signals.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
In a study published in Physical Review Letters, the researchers suggest searching for a distinctive signal.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Were they still searching for the thief from the night before?
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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