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noun

seeking

the act of searching for something

In a sentence

Six example sentences with seeking, each labelled with its topic.

  • For the Stoics, contentment came from restraint rather than the endless seeking that drove their wealthier neighbors to ruin.

    Philosophy

  • Two years of seeking after a single willing investor left the founders with better slides and no money.

    Startups

  • The patient seeking of nesting sites occupied the survey team all spring, and they mapped only nine along the estuary.

    Environment

  • Sensation seeking peaks in the late teens, which is why insurers charge most for drivers under twenty-five.

    Psychology

  • The knight's seeking of the grail fills six books, and the finding takes barely a chapter.

    Literature

  • Yield seeking pushed pension funds into risky bonds once government paper paid almost nothing.

    Finance

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