ferret out

VERB
  1. search and discover through persistent investigation
    She ferreted out the truth
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How To Use ferret out In A Sentence

  • The Keter benefited from a larger staff of human proofreaders and the additional assistance of computer collation which was able to detect many errors that even the very conscientious human team had failed to ferret out.
  • On behalf of the ordinary reader, you feel he will ferret out the truth if anyone can.
  • Media organizations, having decided that Levy's disappearance is a major story, should explore every lead to ferret out the truth.
  • No wonder the keen-nosed pigs who ferret out truffles from the roots of certain hardwood trees are so avid in their work.
  • The team is trying to ferret out missing details.
  • He relies on the telephone and on an eye trained by expensive experience to ferret out bad checks.
  • The new program is meant to ferret out problem cops.
  • The good folks at the American Physical Society have noticed this, and have even initiated a contest to help ferret out the reason for the equation's appearance.
  • Regional Force/Provincial Force units, known as ruff-puffs — which were supposed to ferret out VC or NVA cadre activities on the village level. Rogue Warrior
  • Each day he and his small team ferret out the wholesale price of produce, a difficult task, given that transactions between producers and wholesalers aren't disclosed and prices aren't displayed.
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