nosed out

verb

Definition of nosed outnext
past tense of nose out
as in found
to come upon after searching, study, or effort independent investigators eventually nosed out proof of White House wrongdoing

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  1. found
  2. learned
  3. located
  4. discovered
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  • The company was founded in 1987 by Chua Thian Poh, a high school dropout who got his start making hooks and spikes for the logging industry.
    Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • It was founded in 1991 by billionaire Michael Milken.
    Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • 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
  • Rather, think of inspiration as a set of concrete actions and behaviors that can be learned, practiced, and applied to day-to-day interactions in simple ways.
    Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of learned
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  • 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
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  • 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
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