SCOUR Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

scour

verb

Definition of scour

as in to search

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic

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Recent Examples of scour Well, the plan is to be aggressive in scouring free agency and the trade market. — Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026 Workers restored the oak floors and the mahogany central staircase and paneling, while employees scoured Europe for antique decorations and furniture. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Incogni will scour the internet for your personal information and automatically send official removal requests to data brokers. — Stephanie Barnes, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026 The ultimate ambition is to scour records and surface new stories about people whose lives have faded away over the centuries. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for scour

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But at sea, Spanish guarda costas (armed customs officials) pounced on British ships, allegedly searching for goods being smuggled in for sale.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026
Planning and workflow platforms already allow buyers to search inventory, map locations, analyze audiences, compare formats and manage campaigns.

— Denys Kanel, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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Yet the clubs from small markets with relatively low payrolls found ways to play the best baseball in each of their respective leagues this season en route to the World Series.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
Other organizations linked to Page, including Flu Lab LLC, One Aero, and Oceankind, were also incorporated in Delaware that month, after previously being in California, Rogelberg’s analysis of state filings found.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

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