dredging

verb

Definition of dredgingnext
present participle of dredge
as in searching
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name

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  1. searching
  2. surveying
  3. raking
Verb
  • Deputies started searching the area and soon spotted a set of footprints in the snow that led away from the road.
    Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 5 Jan. 2025
  • In research cited by The Times of London, 75% of 18-27-year-olds are searching for more secure, longer-term work than was common in previous generations.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of searching
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  • By Jemima McEvoy, Forbes Staff Ed Stack stands with his arms crossed, surveying the wall of colorful basketball shoes near the entrance of Dick’s Sporting Goods’ House of Sport in Pittsburgh’s Ross Park Mall.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Volunteers are welcome to assist park staff with surveying the birds and butterflies in the park.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of surveying
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  • For larger areas, core aeration, power-raking, shallow tilling, or vertical mowing can be used to prepare the soil and remove thatch.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Penny became a right-wing cause célèbre, raking millions of dollars in donations toward his legal defense.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of raking
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