discoveries

plural of discovery
1
as in findings
the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time the discovery of a new species of starfish

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as in finds
something discovered his many zoological discoveries include several species of birds

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Recent Examples of discoveries Such discoveries have also been made while construction workers dig canals to install gas pipes. CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 The shipwreck is among a number of significant Byzantine discoveries in recent years. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Many of this season’s new discoveries, including guest stars Brittany Allen and Jeff Kober, made a strong impression as hospital patients. Matt Minton, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026 All this innovation is powering immensely positive discoveries across multiple sectors, the most obvious of which is health care. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Physicians work on both the research side and at the patient bedside, translating questions raised in clinical practice into rigorous scientific investigations and bringing those discoveries back to patient care. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Cyrus Wadia is the CEO of Activate, a global organization dedicated to transforming scientific discoveries into real-world impact. Cyrus Wadia, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 The discoveries were made during a two-month excavation between the villages of Halberton and Sampford Peverell in Devon, led by archaeologists from the University of Exeter and Cotswold Archaeology. Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Recovery Is Not the Absence of Work Perhaps the least intuitive of Friedman's findings concerns rest.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In general, the Latinos surveyed put more trust in what Democrats might bring to the state than Republicans, but Madrid warned that Democrats should not take too much solace in these findings.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • After the government takes its share—25 percent in the Bahamas and 50 percent in the Philippines—Allen Exploration keeps the remaining finds together.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
  • There’s no shortage of stellar markdowns to shop in Amazon’s sale section this week, but these $20-and-under finds are true standouts.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
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  • In a little over a hundred pages, Martin interlaces stark, brooding and intense descriptions of the encounter and her injuries with philosophical, even spiritual, explorations.
    The Know, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Lee says Carl Jung’s explorations of a person’s darker urges, hidden side and projection directly influenced the writing, especially when confronting those aspects in Lee himself.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
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  • Given sufficient time, though, this leads to transformative therapies and inventions that become a part of our well-being and livelihood.
    Brendon Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Think of the stirrup, sometimes credited as being one of the three most important inventions in the course of history.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026

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