as in candidate
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
predicted a tough year for summer job seekers
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Recent Examples of seeker
Sports fans, theater lovers, and nightlife seekers can weave effortlessly through Daikin Park, Alley Theatre, and the Houston Symphony, with local bars like Angel Share offering creative cocktails and a friendly vibe.
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Carrie Honaker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2026
Their ferocious poetry resurrects them, inviting other mad seekers to take up their story.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 May 2026
The second version is a precision model with one 20-kilogram (about 44-pound) warhead, and a radio-frequency seeker.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
For older kids and thrill-seekers, Lightning Rod is the fastest roller coaster in the park — a hybrid wooden coaster with a 20-story climb and a 165-foot drop.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
In another incident, an asylum seeker attending a Club World Cup event in New Jersey with his family was operating a recreational drone in the parking lot before a match.
—Thomas Kennedy, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Activists turned spiritual seekers were favorite targets of the press.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
In 2023, the High Ridge YMCA building was pressed back into use as a shelter for asylum seekers.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
Serious flavor seekers will want to pedal TART’s Leelanau Trail, a 17-mile stretch from Traverse City north to Suttons Bay, a prime area for orchards and wineries.
—Sarah Miller, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Carrie Honaker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2026
Their ferocious poetry resurrects them, inviting other mad seekers to take up their story.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 May 2026
The second version is a precision model with one 20-kilogram (about 44-pound) warhead, and a radio-frequency seeker.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 May 2026
For older kids and thrill-seekers, Lightning Rod is the fastest roller coaster in the park — a hybrid wooden coaster with a 20-story climb and a 165-foot drop.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
In another incident, an asylum seeker attending a Club World Cup event in New Jersey with his family was operating a recreational drone in the parking lot before a match.
—Thomas Kennedy, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
Activists turned spiritual seekers were favorite targets of the press.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
In 2023, the High Ridge YMCA building was pressed back into use as a shelter for asylum seekers.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
Serious flavor seekers will want to pedal TART’s Leelanau Trail, a 17-mile stretch from Traverse City north to Suttons Bay, a prime area for orchards and wineries.
—Sarah Miller, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seeker
Noun
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Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems The Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate may have had the most cinematic route of the bunch.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The candidates themselves must live within the district’s boundaries, which stretch across large portions of northwest and west-central Georgia and include parts of western metro Atlanta.—
Drew Kann,
AJC.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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To qualify for the program, applicants must have an industrial site of at least 30 contiguous acres of land that is listed on the Arkansas Site Selection Database and that is owned or optioned by the applicant.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Cato report found that in all, total green card approvals under USCIS, the agency in charge of processing immigration benefits, had been cut in half for applicants from all countries.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Seeker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seeker. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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