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as in to realize
to come to an awareness of
that was around the time that I found out I was adopted
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as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online
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Recent Examples of find out
Sign up for The Eat Index, our weekly food newsletter, and find out where to eat and get the latest restaurant happenings in Orange County.
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
Schumaker and the Rangers would like to find out, which is why, despite the fact that the 37-year-old’s elbow surgery is now nearly three years in the past, the club will still proceed with caution to maximize their All-Star’s abilities.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
There’s no cost for the process, and applicants usually find out their fate within six months, though that time can vary.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2026
The Horned Frogs won’t find out their opponent until Thursday afternoon.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2026
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
Schumaker and the Rangers would like to find out, which is why, despite the fact that the 37-year-old’s elbow surgery is now nearly three years in the past, the club will still proceed with caution to maximize their All-Star’s abilities.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
There’s no cost for the process, and applicants usually find out their fate within six months, though that time can vary.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2026
The Horned Frogs won’t find out their opponent until Thursday afternoon.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for find out
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The inflation goal acts more as a ceiling than a target to be realized.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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By the time the mistake was realized and the wayward runners were led back onto the race course, they had been overtaken by rest of the field.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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Aloe vera and mushroom extracts Aloe vera extracts that bypassed FDA review were found in more than 450 products in FoodData Central, a food and nutrient database managed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service, according to the investigation.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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When both of these high-resolution, deep observations are combined (see the overlap), clear evidence appears for that grouping, with what appears to be four globular clusters all found together in a tiny region of space.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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In search of an early present for his son Liam’s 14th birthday, the Timonium resident discovered tickets to the MLS game pitting Inter Miami and DC United at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday afternoon.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Mar. 2026
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Read on to discover the highlights, the extras, and the one that stole my heart.—
Alexandra Ditch,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2026
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Others learned of the relocation through social media or from other patients, said attorney Benjamin Ikuta, who is representing the couples.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Claude’s central argument—that Marks learned from Graham and Buffett just as Claude learned from training data—sounds profound, but human learning and statistical pattern-matching over text corpora are not the same.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Fingerprints of climate change Although natural variability played a role, Swain sees the fingerprints of climate change in several aspects of winter weather, including cold snaps.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Activists are also instructing people to keep them out of sight so ICE agents don’t see them and later target them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The epicenter was located approximately 7 miles northeast of Coalinga, at a depth of 7 miles.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Bruce Beach, Guinea-Bissau The Bijagós archipelago, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, is composed of 88 islands, but only about 20 are permanently inhabited.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Mar. 2026
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As suggested by its name, the actor and ensemble tour the country to share new treatments of music from the Mississippi Delta and 100 years of storytelling tradition heard in the songs of Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, Muddy Waters and others.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2026
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Vanderbilt got as close as 11 points in the final frame, but Ole Miss was able to hold off the Commodores’ comeback bid.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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New graduates who could readily relocate, get roommates, or move back in with mom and dad can get away with a smaller emergency fund.—
Christine Benz,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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