1
as in to discover
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
we finally found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites
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2
as in to encounter
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance
hey, I found my notebook!
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as in discovery
something discovered
that antique plate was a great garage sale find
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Recent Examples of find
Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
This year’s installment takes place today, Oct. 16, and finds Snoop showing his support by wearing purple while having a conversation with The Voice contestant Jeremy Beloate, an out member of the LGBTQ community who competed on Team Snoop on the NBC reality series.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Officials described this type of find as particularly remarkable, rare and highly unusual for the area, which was controlled by the ancient Romans until about 1,600 years ago and part of a Roman province known as Raetia.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The Vikings are going to find themselves in a number of mid-to-low scoring games all season, the likes of which are often determined by ball control.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
This year’s installment takes place today, Oct. 16, and finds Snoop showing his support by wearing purple while having a conversation with The Voice contestant Jeremy Beloate, an out member of the LGBTQ community who competed on Team Snoop on the NBC reality series.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
The find was made by a team of researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC), who discovered a methane-producing bacterium at one of the country’s biggest organic waste sites, the Surrey Biofuel Facility.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Officials described this type of find as particularly remarkable, rare and highly unusual for the area, which was controlled by the ancient Romans until about 1,600 years ago and part of a Roman province known as Raetia.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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Verb
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Authorities then discovered De Silva suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Bishop discovered that former Rangers defender Connor Goldson, now playing in Cyprus, had a similar problem earlier in his career.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Following the spiritual moment, the King and Queen encountered a group of schoolchildren from the local primary school, Scuola Primaria San Paolo - Istituto Figlie di Cristo, who were waiting to greet them outside the Papal Basilica.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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These clogs are technically designed as recovery shoes for long-distance runners—Kaufman first encountered them in a running store in Madison, Wisconsin.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The discovery offers a powerful way to give waste plastics a second life as high-performance materials, advancing both a circular economy and next-generation clean technologies.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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According to the historian of science Vidar Enebakk, Scoresby’s report intrigued proponents of scientific discovery and Arctic exploration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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In addition to locating victims’ remains, the on-site work involved removing and disposing of explosives that didn’t detonate in the blast.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Food banks, pantries brace for impact Charitable organizations and the federal food benefits program are part of the safety net working to catch vulnerable families struggling to make ends meet and living paycheck to paycheck.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Trump travels to Tokyo on Monday to meet new Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi, and sorting out this confusion will no doubt be at the top of her agenda.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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For decades, conservation organizations have been working to restore oyster populations in the bay, accruing data along the way to learn from successes and failures.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
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Therapy dogs with the nonprofit also help children learn to read and assist in clinical therapy settings.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Ciske has also gotten creative in making sure kids can keep coming with their guardians.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The company got Turkish movie legend Mehmet Çevik as a pitchman.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Find.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/find. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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