searching

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I wondered whether searching might be a better metaphor for getting some sort of handle on what is going on.

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  1. adjective Examining closely or thoroughly; probing: a searching investigation of their past dealings.
  2. adjective Keenly observant: searching insights.

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  • But he was also certain that further searching was a waste of precious time. —  The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  • INNODB doesn't support full text searching, which is why wikipedia uses Lucene. —  Slashdot: Apache
  • After a little keyword searching, I found a tune called "Elvis (Was Bigger Than The Beatles)" by —  Blogtimore, Hon
  • This illustrates the disadvantage of free text searching which is that it usually produces an unmanageable number of citations. —  Notes from Dr. RW
  • RDF's main contribution may be in the area of cross-browsing rather than cross-searching, which is the focus of the CIP. —  Planet RDF
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