search (for or out)

as in to pursue
to go in search of every year major league scouts crisscross the country to search for young players with promising talent

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Verb
  • Rather than pursuing general-purpose models that compete with ChatGPT, Switzerland aims to develop large language models for specific applications in fields such as science, education, healthcare, robotics and climate studies.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Tom Caruso grew up making wine on the sidewalk with his grandfather in South Philly, before leaving the city to pursue winemaking in New York and Sonoma.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
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  • The State Department is seeking $2.9 billion in funding to continue HIV-AIDS programs in the next fiscal year—far lower than PEPFAR's current budget of more than $4 billion.
    Nik Popli, Time, 15 July 2025
  • The book seeks to answer this query by recasting personal writing as a conversation between recollection and amnesia.
    Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Having won the Europa Conference League and finished fourth in the Premier League to clinch Champions League football next season, things had been looking up for Enzo Maresca’s young squad.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 4 July 2025
  • During the discussion, Consuelos looked up and pointed toward a studio audience member sitting on the upper level of the set.
    EW.com, EW.com, 3 July 2025
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“Search (for or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/search%20%28for%20or%20out%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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