seek an answer

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I don’t blame you for wanting to continue to seek an answer, and I would do the same.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2021

To seek an answer, she developed a set of “localizer tasks,” administered in an fMRI machine.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018

While in the past, this question was in the realm of philosophy or science fiction, today we have the means to seek an answer through scientific inquiry.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Maybe NYTimes.com should have used a clicker to seek an answer to this Neither life nor the wisdom accumulated during a lifetime fits neatly into a multiple-choice Q&A format.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2010

Now, it is impossible that the heat of the stove should remove any moisture from the air; we must therefore seek an answer to the question, What is dry air?

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various