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as in ruling
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard
the evidence supported a finding of unfair bias, and the court entered judgment for the plaintiff
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as in discovery
the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time
the scientists were thrilled with the finding of the new fossil
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as in discovering
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
we finally found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites
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as in encountering
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance
hey, I found my notebook!
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Recent Examples of finding
Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
New species uncovered Additionally, the findings overturned a previous theory about how these deep-sea organisms survive.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Ahead, our editors gladly risked a few good makeup days in the name of finding the best ones.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 May 2026
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Noun
The finding could help explain why LLMs frequently hallucinate false information, and has implications for how quality AI training data should be structured.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026
New species uncovered Additionally, the findings overturned a previous theory about how these deep-sea organisms survive.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Verb
Grisebach has a flair for finding faces with striking, weatherbeaten features that might have grown out of the landscape itself.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Ahead, our editors gladly risked a few good makeup days in the name of finding the best ones.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finding
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This ruling comes amid a long-running redistricting case over Black voter representation.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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The appeal is the latest development in the fallout from last month’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana and weakened the federal Voting Rights Act.—
Mark Sherman,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Earlier this month, Santos and Repsol began producing the first commercial oil barrels from that discovery now known as Pikka.—
Jennifer A. Dlouhy,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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For the past three years, the Ocean Census Alliance has been working with taxonomists around the world to accelerate discovery.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
24 May 2026
Verb
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Anthropic’s latest funding round further demonstrates that its foundational commitment to commercial applications of its technology—writing code, discovering software bugs, and white-labeling enterprise chatbots around the globe—is paying off.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Sacramento County health inspectors closed three eateries including a Rancho Cordova warehouse after discovering 68 rodent droppings throughout the facility.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Seaweed and Closures Limit Beach Options Beachgoers across the region are encountering large amounts of sargassum seaweed washing ashore.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
23 May 2026
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In one video, a battalion commander describes an assault that stalled after encountering a heavily fortified barrier.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Due to the new charge, Le's sentence was heavily weighted toward probation rather than prison time, the outlet reported.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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When successfully argued, the defendant is not acquitted of murder but instead found guilty of manslaughter, which carries a lighter sentence.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
Verb
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On May 19, the RCMP first sought public assistance in locating McLean, 45 years of age, after he was reported missing a day earlier and was last seen on May 15 at his home in Lions Bay, a community in British Columbia’s Sea-to-Sky region.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Since cat urine can permeate far beyond its visible edges, this is also useful in locating all the boundaries of a stain, ensuring a more thorough clean.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
21 May 2026
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As the podcast industry debates the definition of a podcast and wades through unclear ad measurement tools, a secret industrywide taskforce has been meeting to combat the problem.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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Before the breach, 23andMe touted its security practices as meeting the highest industry standards.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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As part of the investigation into a decades-long drug-trafficking money trail linked, authorities arrested three people and ordered the seizure of assets, companies and financial holdings worth more than 200 million euros.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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Commodity holdings introduce questions around impairment, mark-to-market treatment and disclosure.—
Anthony Milewski,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Finding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finding. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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