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/sɝt͡ʃ/ noun A2
  1. An attempt to find something. (countable, uncountable) · With only five minutes until we were meant to leave, the search for the keys started in earnest.
  2. The act of searching in general. (countable, uncountable) · Search is a hard problem for computers to solve efficiently.

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Marilla went to her room and made a thorough search, not only over the bureau but in every other place she thought the brooch might possibly be.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 95 · C1
When they left the high road for the lane to Hunsford, every eye was in search of the Parsonage, and every turning expected to bring it in view.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 180 · B2
“We must go and search for water,” she said to him.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 25 · B2
## Chapter XII The Search for the Wicked Witch
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 76 · B2

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