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adjective

as in scraped

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verb

past tense of scour
as in searched
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 scoured
Adjective
Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire. — Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
With the help of helicopters, drones, and K9 search and rescue teams, officials scoured the Auburn State Recreation Area on Saturday, before darkness descended. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026 Nearly half of the bear incidents in 2025 occurred in August, September and October, as the animals scoured for calories, CPW said. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2026 Fossil collectors report finding the teeth in coastal rivers or along seafloor ledges that have been scoured by storms and currents. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2026 Journalists analyzed databases, scoured thousands of pages of documents and traveled to three states to illuminate a core finding of over $300 million in fraud. — Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026 Over 10 days, hunters scoured locations like Everglades National Forest to remove as many Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) as possible in an effort to promote ongoing mitigation efforts against the destructive invasive species. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026 Riley’s oeuvre, in other words, has become an object of widespread readerly love even as her books themselves can seem scoured of fondness. — Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026 The suspect scoured the woman’s apartment and stole $25 from her purse, then assaulted her again before leaving, Gianino said in the video shared Monday announcing Rollison’s arrest. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 From the passenger seat, Alivea scoured Kaylee’s phone records and DMed her inner circle to find clues about the final hours of her younger sister’s life. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoured
  1. sanded
  2. searched
  3. found
  4. combed
Adjective
  • Fill the crack in the door with the epoxy wood filler, spreading a small bit of the paste over the sanded area to help close and bond the edges of the crack together.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 11 Jan. 2026
Definition of sanded
Verb
  • Agents also searched a nearby cannabis dispensary located next door to the senator’s office.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Dado Ruvic | Reuters Bitcoin headed for its third straight winning week, as traders searched for refuge amid volatile moves in equities, currencies and bond markets.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of searched
Verb
  • The company was founded in Atlanta by Georgia Tech students, and is still headquartered in the city.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Candle True Stories is part of Candle Media, the media holding company co-founded by former Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • When several doctoral students combed through the sequencing results, there was only one way to explain why so many extra gene copies were scattered across the whole of the potamo genome.
    — Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Attorneys for the city, petitioners and objectors have combed through Kane County voter registration records, according to Raymond Esquivel, Kane County director of elections.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of combed

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“Scoured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoured. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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