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look·ing for

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  1. looking, looking fornoun

    the act of searching visually

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  1. looking for

    Looking for refers to an act of searching, seeking, or trying to find something or someone. It implies a conscious effort to locate or obtain a particular object, person, or information.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of looking for in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of looking for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of looking for in a Sentence

  1. Vonda Knox:

    My son said that if it were Chris Watts, Chris Watts would have been looking everywhere, he would have been studying every second of any home cameras looking for any single clue – and I agree with him, chris just appeared uncomfortable. And even when he gave interviews on his porch, there was just a total lack of emotion. It was just offsetting. I think a lot of people saw that but could n’t believe it. I can understand being in shock, but there has to be some emotion there in losing Chris Watts.

  2. Craig Bishop:

    The minutes certainly cements the fact that we're going to get another rate hike in June, if you're looking for a signal that there's any change to their three-rate-hike-total forecast for 2018 we'll have to wait until next month's meeting.

  3. Lester Eubank in 1973:

    Theres nothing putting him in a place (location), were looking for any information to his life on the run or the history of his life on the run.

  4. Chief Executive James Squires:

    We would not expect coal to resume its place in our top line at any point, what we’re looking for is a modest rebound off current levels based on normal weather patterns in the next few years.

  5. Brian Flannery:

    It was literally whack-a-mole. You would get the okay to spend cash when there was an incident. A reactive security program in that kind of environment is not what you're looking for.


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