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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a second search" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an additional search after an initial one, often in contexts like research, investigations, or data retrieval.
Example: "After the first search yielded no results, we decided to conduct a second search to ensure we didn't miss anything."
Alternatives: "another search" or "a follow-up search".
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A second search also was unsuccessful.
Saturday 4 August: Police launch a second search of Murat's house.
In a second search, the scientists grabbed fragments of DNA floating in seawater.
A second search yielded a suggestion for two out of three ingredients necessary to make gunpowder.
A second search conducted using only the site's town and state fields resulted in only three hits.
But first, I tried a second search on Wine-Search.com, limiting my query to merchants who shipped worldwide.
Before hiring Dr. Schnur, the Montgomery school board turned down eight candidates and started a second search.
In March 1983 Reagan announced the start of a second search for a means to escape from MAD.
Mr. Constantinis had said on Monday there would probably be a second search in the future if the first expedition did not yield any results.
A second search, of three storage units Mr. Robinson rented in nearby Raymore, Mo., 54 miles northeast, yielded three more 55-gallon drums and three more bodies.
This afternoon, in a second search today of a rocky, terraced valley between Ramot and the Arab village of Beit Hanina, volunteers found the two mutilated bodies.
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