seeking

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Editorial note

And yes, there is some rent seeking behaviour.

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Quick take

the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"

Meaning at a glance

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noun

the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"

noun

an attempt to acquire or gain something

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for seeking.

noun

the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"

noun

an attempt to acquire or gain something

Example sentences

And yes, there is some rent seeking behaviour.

One of those are, sad to say, legal professionals seeking government work.

Looks like Recruiters will now be seeking Swift Developers with at least 5+ years of experience.

And many of them are seeking out innovative deals with tech firms, brands, and other direct-to-consumer channels.

Their response is one of problem-solving instead of confrontation, seeking to find a synthesis of the new perspective and their own.

It's an issue of the state seeking vengeful punishment for political purposes and not seeking to maximizing public safety or victim compensation.

This deserves our respect as professionals because inevitably we are all going to find ourselves in a similar situation, trying to learn from the past and seeking understanding by our peers.

And tech-inspired sales and distribution methods in this and a broad swath of other fields will mean that those seeking to limit consumer choice by protecting local turf through bureaucratic pull will be fighting what will ultimately prove to be a losing battle.

Institutional investors made the mistake - again, and again, and again - of validating Mark's duplicitousness by pouring literally billions of dollars into his company, and then billions more into startups seeking to emulate it.