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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When his uncle began searching, he disappeared as well.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
“You’re spending all this time searching for needles,” Miller said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
It’s called different things depending on the brand—we have the Frida Accu-Dose Paci—but there’s also Dr. Brown’s Pacidose, as well as other options that are findable by searching “baby medicine pacifier.”
From Slate • May 17, 2026
A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
I swirled mud in my pan, searching for a glimmer.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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