1
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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Reddit is limiting access to the Internet Archive after finding out that AI companies have used its Wayback Machine to scrape user data for free, The Verge reports.
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PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
Fans will have to wait patiently to find out that answer.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
Though those dreams have changed a little bit, my drive to find out how things work hasn't.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Look at Labor Department jobs reports, Evermore said, to find out how many people are applying for unemployment insurance in your area, and how many are lingering on the benefit rolls.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
Fans will have to wait patiently to find out that answer.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
Though those dreams have changed a little bit, my drive to find out how things work hasn't.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Look at Labor Department jobs reports, Evermore said, to find out how many people are applying for unemployment insurance in your area, and how many are lingering on the benefit rolls.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for find out
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Thus, the stories hold in tension a truth realized, and a truth to be discovered.—
Priyamvada Ramkumar
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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While some cause serious, potentially life-threatening illness, others aren’t harmful, and people don’t always realize they’re infected.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
18 Aug. 2025
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The oil-free eye cream contains three essential ceramides (NP, AP, and EOP), which help restore the skin barrier with lipids found naturally in the skin.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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Clarendon Hills found itself in the elimination bracket by virtue of a 16-1 loss Wednesday to the Mountain Region and Nevada State champion from Las Vegas, which improved to 2-0 Saturday with a 5-3 win over the Northwest Region champs from Washington.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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The tribes were forcibly moved onto reservations by the U.S. government in the 19th century when silver and gold were discovered in the mountains north and south of Boise.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Aug. 2025
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The documents with State Department markings, reported by NPR, were discovered in the printer in an Anchorage hotel around 9 a.m., hours before Trump's summit with Putin at a nearby military base.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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Jacob Riis tenants learned from this cautionary tale, voting overwhelmingly against privatization.—
Stacy Torres,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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After testing 17 rotating car seats—nearly every model on the market—the Parents team has learned a few things about their pros and cons.—
Laura Lu,
Parents,
16 Aug. 2025
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European-level success is what sees a great squad become one for the ages in Barcelona.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Enquirer reached out to Kings Island following the announcement of the ride's closure to see what would replace Boo Blasters and if the building would be torn down.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
13 Aug. 2025
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This nursery is located in Fulton, near Santa Rosa.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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This involves searching for, locating, identifying and returning the remains of missing service members to their families.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
16 Aug. 2025
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But hearing about what her family lived through during the Second World War and the Cultural Revolution for the first time was transformative—Chinese history struck her as the stuff of epic storytelling.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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Upon hearing her, the other elephants trumpeted too.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Senators’ previous owner, the late Eugene Melnyk, put the wheels in motion for a potential project at LeBreton Flats back in 2016, but was never able to get the project off the ground.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Students apply separately to get into magnet programs.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Aug. 2025
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