seek an answer

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To seek an answer, she developed a set of “localizer tasks,” administered in an fMRI machine.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018

That makes Liberia an excellent place to seek an answer to one of the most vexing questions in development economics.

From Economist • Jun. 29, 2017

While in the past, this question was in the realm of philosophy or science fiction, today we have the means to seek an answer through scientific inquiry.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

But I will doggedly seek an answer for you.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2012

We have still to seek an answer to the questions, "Who were the Parthians?" and "How did they become Persian subjects?"

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George