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prospected

VERB

look for; seek

Synonyms

STRONG

delve dig explore inquire investigate look probe search sift survey

WEAK

go after go into look into

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore

WEAK

miss overlook

Example Sentences

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Small fragments of the specimen were "prospected" using ultraviolet lights at night.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2023

Bolsonaro’s father prospected for gold at Serra Pelada, where Dirceu first saw gold mining, and the president sometimes draws on his upbringing to rally support from prospectors.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2022

Britain prospected Peruvian bark trees and grew them in India, having first transplanted them to Kew, one of many botanical gardens that served as a center for medical and colonial botany.

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2018

Miners prospected for gold and other minerals across Owyhee County starting in the 1860s, drilling into the hills of the Owyhee Front until World War II slowed the work to a standstill.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2018

Then Mashonaland was prospected, and forts built and roads were made, and the telegraph was carried on to Salisbury, giving connection with the Cape.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert