Press and Seek

Press

Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.

Seek and press are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Seek" instead a verb "Press".

Nearby Words: pressed, pressing, pressroom

Seek

Seek verb - To make a request for.
Usage example: came seeking financial advice

Press and seek are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Press" instead a verb "Seek".

Nearby Words: seeking, seeker

Common collocations

people press people seek people
way press way seek way
game press game seek game

Both words in one sentence

  • Hero with Bad Publicity: The Elite deliberately seek out bad press to convince people that they're still supervillains.
  • She shows up again for a few minutes when Bartlett's alone, just before a press conference at which he had been planning to announce that he would not seek reelection, and gives him one of the best pep talks anyone on television has ever received.
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