How to Use finder in a Sentence

finder

noun
  • Because, at the end of the day, that's the job of fact-finder.
    Wayne Drash, CNN, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Finders can take a picture of the rock and post it on the 860 Rocks!
    Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Use a stud finder to locate the joist from above the floor.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2022
  • The post reads that the restaurant will pay the finder $50 at the end of each week the line cook stays for 4 weeks.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Does the quality of the fish finder match the price tag?
    Ric Burnely, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The finders can then choose to keep the rocks or hide them again for others to find.
    Jacob McAdams, Houston Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2018
  • If the builder missed the stud, so will the magnetic stud finder.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
  • The finder decides whether to keep it or hide it again.
    Denise Harris, star-telegram.com, 28 June 2017
  • Those schools of white bass showed up on the fish finder, and Nixon turned around time and again to troll for them.
    John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Tap or click here to take our quick router-finder quiz.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Yes this is the hour For the early bird and me When finder is keeper.
    Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • But knowing where to look will require the use of a finder chart.
    Curtis Roelle, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 Oct. 2019
  • One thing no fish-finder unit can do is make fish bite.
    Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Most of them bounce their way around Northeast Ohio or end up on a shelf in the finder's home.
    Craig Webb, ajc, 8 May 2018
  • Simply use a stud finder to locate the studs in your wall.
    Megan Stein, PEOPLE.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Once sold, Needham will split the finder’s fee with the landowner.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The stud finder is simple to use—just scan a wall and find out what’s behind it.
    Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Type in your zip code or state in the food bank finder to find a location near you.
    Lauren Lee, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The cubes can also be used in reverse as a phone finder.
    Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 11 June 2018
  • For more info and a finder chart for the comet see:cincinnatiobservatory.org/dean-regas/deans-list.
    Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Use a stud finder or tap along the wall to determine where the hollow sound changes to a thud.
    Washington Post, 5 July 2021
  • This is the latest stud finder in the line, created in 2021.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 2 July 2021
  • Now, thanks to the coronavirus and a kind heart, baseball has a new term for a ball: a joy-finder.
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Rear styling is much the same, although the rear finders are wider, owing to the 0.9-inch broader rear track.
    Aston Martin, Car and Driver, 4 July 2023
  • When no one came to claim it, the finders received the money themselves.
    Iliana Magra, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Use the store finder at www.aldi.us/stores to see what stores sell alcohol.
    Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2020
  • But like everyone else, Katya yearned to know the finder's solve.
    CBS News, 22 May 2021
  • Find Grainworks beer in stores near you with the online beer finder: grainworks.beer/beer/finder.
    Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2023
  • During his visit, Hawk left a set of Indy trucks in the bowl for a lucky finder.
    Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2024
  • There is an original depth finder from 1942 that no longer works.
    Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2024

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