searched

verb

past tense of search
1
as in found
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located

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2
as in explored
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery the Spanish conquistadors searched vast areas of the Southwest in their quest for the fabled cities of gold

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Recent Examples of searched For more than a decade, Goldring searched, hoped and prayed for a kidney while doing her best to live her life and prepare for her future. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026 Fears of further flooding complicated recovery efforts, as authorities searched for people missing after floods struck the Himalayan border between Nepal and China. — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026 Several anti-Flock websites and muckrakers used open records laws to collect and publish hundreds of police agencies’ audit logs – internal records detailing each time an officer searched Flock for a specific tag. — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. — Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Once evening came, she was driven back to the jail, forced to wait for hours in a hallway, photographed, strip-searched, questioned and led back to her cell. — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026 In July, Indigenous leaders in neighboring Brazil sought government protection after five men carrying machine guns entered their territory, threatened families and searched for community leaders. — Steven Grattan, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The Mexican navy searched a vast area of the Pacific Ocean by sea and air, eventually finding the two men floating in a large fishing cooler about 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, a southern state in Mexico that borders Guatemala. — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Cohen's testimony at the time appeared to be the final breach in a once-close relationship between the lawyer and his client that was tested in dramatic fashion in 2018 when FBI agents searched Cohen's office, home and hotel room. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for searched
  1. found
  2. explored
  3. combed
  4. scanned
  5. examined
  6. surveyed
  7. scoured
  8. investigated
Verb
  • The company, founded in 1995, has grown through a combination of scale and acquisitions, building an operation that spans much of the food supply chain.
    — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The trio, who founded the startup, were sued for securities fraud, common law fraud, and breach of contract.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of found
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  • For decades, engineering, technical, and industrial processes first explored as methods of keeping nations safe or attacking enemies have also found their way into the civilian world.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In April, the family explored Portugal for 10 days, stopping in cities like Lisbon, Porto and Coimbra.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of explored
Verb
  • Two Colorado State Patrol troopers were shot Tuesday morning during a traffic stop in Teller County, temporarily causing shelter-in-place orders in a residential neighborhood as officers combed the area for the suspect.
    — Jeffrey Cook, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For example, during the first quarter, Alkarmi combed through data and worked toward solutions to reduce customer churn.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of combed
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  • The Fayetteville, North Carolina, superstar scanned the T-Mobile Center, pointing out a few contenders.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Receipts and job sheets can be scanned to import billing information, reducing manual data entry.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of scanned
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  • Voter records will next be examined in DuPage County, then Kendall and Will counties.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Safety is tops in Tampa, with the 19th-lowest property crime rate among cities examined by WalletHub.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of examined
Verb
  • Half of those surveyed said just a one-week delay in pay would cause a major financial hardship.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • It's been 17 years since Byers surveyed glacial lakes in the Himalayas and ran into a television crew just after crossing an 18,000-foot pass.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of surveyed
Verb
  • With the help of helicopters, drones, and K9 search and rescue teams, officials scoured the Auburn State Recreation Area on Saturday, before darkness descended.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly half of the bear incidents in 2025 occurred in August, September and October, as the animals scoured for calories, CPW said.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of scoured
Verb
  • Police investigated the death of Holmes for 18 months before charging Vaughn, Early and Brown in March 1990.
    — Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
  • For decades, an attacker discovered a vulnerability, a security tool generated an alert, an analyst investigated it, the issue was escalated and eventually someone decided what to do.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of investigated

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