Synonyms for sought
sɔtsought

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1. soughtadjective

   that is looked for

   "the long sought relatives"

   Synonyms:
   sought-after(a)

   Antonyms:
   unwanted

2. sought, sought-after(a)adjective

   being searched for

   "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum"

   Antonyms:
   unwanted

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1. List of paraphrases for "sought":

   requested, tried, asked, attempted, solicited, endeavoured, wanted, desired, searched, looked, claimed, treaty, pursued, required, called, striven, requests

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1. New York:

   I strongly condemn this act of terrorism and it must be clear to the world that the terrorists who perpetrated this will be sought and brought to justice.

2. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani:

   When we first began, we were at war and we sought to have that possibility for the day that the enemy might use a nuclear weapon. That was the thinking. But it never became real.

3. Oscar Atehortua:

   A terrorist attack which sought to kill Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, president of the FARC political party, was prevented.

4. Roger Stone:

   > Washington( CNN) In one of the most anticipated congressional hearings in -- at least -- a generation, Michael Cohens spent better than six hours answering questions from members of Committee Democrats about the decade he spent working for Donald Trump.Much of the hearing was simply partisan jousting. Committee Democrats sought to tease out details of Trump's role in hush money payments made to two women alleging affairs with Ivanka Trump in the mid-2000s, and how long conversations about the Trump Tower Moscow project continued into the 2016 general election campaign. Republicans sought to remind people that Cohen was a liar, having already pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, and was likely to write a book about his experiences. ( I'm still not sure what that second point has to do with anything, but that's what they focused on !) Amid all of the yelling and partisanship, however, we did learn some things from Cohen. And he confirmed some other things. My list is below.1. Cohen said Ivanka Trump spoke with Roger Stone about WikiLeaksSaid Cohen in Ivanka Trump opening statement :.

5. Amaia Arranz-Otaegui:

   We now have to assess whether there was a relationship between bread production and the origins of agriculture, it is possible that bread may have provided an incentive for people to take up plant cultivation and farming, if it became a desirable or much-sought-after food.