find out
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Synonyms
ascertain, catch on (to), discover, get on (to), hear, learn, realize, see, wise (up)
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Then on Friday, my wife found out from Facebook that the BSO musicians are being locked out. — Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com, "'I just want to work': BSO musicians say threatened job cuts could disrupt lives, jeopardize needed healthcare," 5 June 2019 Forsythe recently found out that he will be honored for his service after being selected by the Lake Court Foundation as a 2019 Patriot Award winner. — Rob Earnshaw, Post-Tribune, "Crown Point WWII veteran recalls D-Day wounded soldiers in hospital camp," 5 June 2019 With DeMarcus Cousins having a major impact on Game 2, Trysta Krick finds out what the Raptors have in store to answer for Game 3. — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, "Raptors coach Nick Nurse explains team using gimmicky box-and-one defense vs. Warriors," 5 June 2019 To find out how many calories the athletes in the study burned, Pontzer, Carlson, and colleagues replaced the normal hydrogen and oxygen in their drinking water with harmless, uncommon isotopes of those elements—deuterium and oxygen-18. — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, "Study of marathon runners reveals a ‘hard limit’ on human endurance," 5 June 2019 It’s time to find out which one of your friends (who is hopefully also a theater lover) does. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, "How to watch the 2019 Tony Awards," 5 June 2019 To find out how well mangrove swamps protect nearby communities, the researchers measured the change in lighting for the years after a tropical cyclone made landfall. — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, "More mangroves? Economies recover faster after tropical cyclones," 4 June 2019 During the academy, participants will find out what being a Clermont police officer entails and gain a better understanding of law enforcement in general, with curriculum and programming created by both Draper and McMaster. — Rosemarie Dowell, orlandosentinel.com, "Clermont police nurtures teens’ interest in law enforcement with new safety youth academy," 4 June 2019 She was found out after archivists from the German city of Stralsund read the blog and looked into Hingst’s biography. — Toby Axelrod, sun-sentinel.com, "German historian stripped of award for faking a family history of suffering in Holocaust," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'find out.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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