The word "seek" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to refer to looking for something, usually in an attempt to find it. For example, "I am seeking a new job before the end of the year.".
Scotland's 56 SNP MPs will certainly seek to amend the legislation to ensure that young people are able to take part in the vote".
"EE's decision on Friday is surprising in the context of a contract that has more than a year to run and leaves the board with no alternative but to seek the administrator's protection in the interests of all its stakeholders".
We must show them that there are other ways to express disagreement, that their right to do so is dependent on the very freedoms that extremists seek to destroy.
It is Alice in Wonderland territory, Orwellian almost, for any government of any political persuasion to seek to come along and try to rewrite the lexicon.
As a result, many investors suspect he would seek to end those purchases more quickly than Ms. Yellen.
However, a few hours later, Bruno Gollnisch, one of Le Pen's oldest and closest friends announced he would also seek nomination to lead the FN's list.
A Labour-led coalition will lack legitimacy in England and, if it is governing from a clear second-place, it might be better to seek a second election than to first walk into power and then into oblivion.
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Terminologist and Q/A Analyst @ Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union