found out

past tense of find out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for found out
Verb
  • The players soon realized Panagoulias might be the wrong leader.
    Pablo Maurer, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The team realized that this is how mobula rays are such successful filter feeders.
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Lamm, 43, had previously founded or cofounded five companies, each of which was ultimately acquired.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Nikola was founded in 2015 and went public in 2020, one year before selling its first electric vehicle.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Biologist Hugh Gabriel discovered a new species of frog in Madagascar that spend their entire lives in trees in the rainforest and have a lifestyle unique for frogs.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Millions of genetically identical individual animals called polyps combine to form the largest coral to ever be discovered, and it can even be seen from space.
    Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • For the Bears’ sake, he’s hopefully learned from any mistakes in Miami and has been open about Tua Tagovailoa’s criticism.
    Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Berry said the team only learned about Watson’s new medical situation during player exit meetings on Sunday after the team lost its final regular-season game against the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • This is what The Athletic has heard about Chelsea’s plans for January so far.
    Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Fox News Digital obtained shocking audio between Cyrus and his estranged wife where the country crooner is heard berating his Australian ex and using profane language.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The 185-year-old American Baptist congregation, located in downtown Waukesha, is slowly reversing what's lately been seen as an inevitable decline among mainline Protestant churches.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Ju Ji-Hoon stars as Jung Won-Young, the enigmatic owner of the titular light shop, located at the end of a foreboding dark alley.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The demo crew then sawed the tower’s legs and used a truck with a cord to pull it down.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
  • In the living room, the string quartet tuned and sawed to life as hosts Carisa Bianca Mellado and Andrew Dalziell laid out the night’s program: four L.A. film composers leading sets of new piano and string pieces.
    August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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