ascertains

present tense third-person singular of ascertain

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Verb
  • Eventually, with the help of a network page, Elsbeth realizes that Mickey II was empty when Scotty died.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Lo realizes that Richard had a personal reason to kill Anne, and has further reasons to kill Carrie and her, too, to eliminate the possibility of Carrie going to the police or Lo reporting on Anne’s real plans for her foundation.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As if the stunning animation and rich worldbuilding weren’t enough, Arcane also has high-stakes lesbian tension — over the course of the show’s two seasons, Vi finds unexpected romance with Piltover enforcer Caitlyn (Katie Leung).
    Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
  • But this September 1995 set, captured live shortly after the release of D’Angelo’s debut, finds him in full flight as a 21-year-old, with his paramour at the time, the late Angie Stone, delivering stellar backing vocals.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Through perseverance, the seed discovers the power of her roots, triggering a revolution that transforms her world and fulfills her dreams in an unexpected way.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • By the end of the movie, which is far more upbeat than the Thomas Pynchon novel that inspired it, Bob discovers that the villainous Colonel Steven.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When Lo learns the truth, Carrie locks her in a cabin below deck.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • When Lo learns that Carrie is having an affair with Richard, she’s creeped out by him choosing a woman who looks like a younger, healthier version of Anne.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cifuentes sees a bright future for the club, with academy graduates Jeremy Monga, Louis Page, Jake Evans and Silko Thomas giving him options in the face of restrictions on recruitment.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For some limited cases, Akamai sees a competitive advantage in building in-house AI tools.
    John Kell, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Safdie perceptively locates the protagonist’s troubling inner contradictions—the atavistic fury that drives him to compete and the intense self-control that competition demands—but dramatizes such outer crises as opioid addiction and conflict with his girlfriend (Emily Blunt) only schematically.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • When Jem locates his brother, Ray has been living off the grid for 20 years, having fled the family nest.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could gut a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In a touch of magical realism, Dolores hears a chorus of voices made up of her deceased female relatives, including her two mothers, aunts, great-aunts and grandmothers, commenting on her decisions.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Ascertains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ascertains. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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