shops (for)

verb

present tense third-person singular of shop (for)
as in pursues
to go in search of engineers are still shopping around for solutions to several critical flaws in the aircraft's design

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shops (for)
  1. pursues
  2. seeks
  3. looks up
Verb
  • The recruitment gains come as the Coast Guard pursues a modernization initiative known as Force Design.
    — Michael Sinkewicz , Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Companies that previously touted the regulator’s strength have bristled as the agency now pursues policies specific to prediction markets.
    — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of pursues
Verb
  • For now, the vouchers remain available while Ohio seeks Supreme Court review.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In addition to responding to real-time emergencies, the Street Overdose Response Team seeks to establish relationships with people on the street using drugs.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of seeks
Verb
  • At Cornell’s Student & Campus Life Center, a junior working the front desk looks up from her laptop, covered in colorful Bible-verse stickers, to nervously answer a few questions.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
  • As Antonio Silva looks up, Evanilson is between the two centre-backs.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of looks up
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“Shops (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shops%20%28for%29. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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