- present participle of prospect.
prospecting
Example Sentences
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The city tries to keep its idiosyncratic businesses going while prospecting for newcomers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
In January, the government proposed opening 70 new blocs to prospecting, more than half of them in the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
But with gold prices reaching record highs, he’s taken up a new one: prospecting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
That money's up to over $100 million today, but the point is that with all of the negotiations, all that prospecting, the guy that was bussing the table had the most money in the room.
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
He comes at last to a settlement, or perhaps is found by other prospecting men.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
