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as in ruling
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard
the evidence supported a finding of unfair bias, and the court entered judgment for the plaintiff
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as in discovery
the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time
the scientists were thrilled with the finding of the new fossil
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as in discovering
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
we finally found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites
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as in encountering
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance
hey, I found my notebook!
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Recent Examples of finding
Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
Those are some of the findings of a new SurveyUSA poll conducted for The San Diego Union-Tribune and ABC 10News and released Thursday, just as the Legislature voted to approve legislation to redraw the maps and put the question to voters in a Nov. 4 special election.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The higher courts upheld Williams’ contempt finding.
—Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
In the development process, the findings from track testing with an early software version needs to be re-validated when a new software package is released.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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An evaluation of the training based on surveys, focus groups and classroom observations of teachers who had completed the training returned several positive findings, according to a draft report of the evaluation that will be finalized in September 2025.
—Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
Those are some of the findings of a new SurveyUSA poll conducted for The San Diego Union-Tribune and ABC 10News and released Thursday, just as the Legislature voted to approve legislation to redraw the maps and put the question to voters in a Nov. 4 special election.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
The higher courts upheld Williams’ contempt finding.
—Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
In the development process, the findings from track testing with an early software version needs to be re-validated when a new software package is released.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finding
Noun
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The Federal Trade Commission will continue to be prohibited from enforcing a civil investigative demand on the progressive watchdog group Media Matters for America, after a federal judge rejected the government’s effort to put her prior ruling on hold.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Idaho Attorney General’s Office, which defends the state against death row prisoner appeals, did not return a request for comment concerning the latest court rulings.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Aug. 2025
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His senior deputy, Ashley Jennings, also played a major role, handling a massive discovery process and battling more of Kohberger's pretrial motions.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Even more surprising was the discovery of 13 species whose intentional exploitation had not previously been recognized as a threat by the IUCN.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Rubin, who died in 2016, was an American astronomer known for discovering dark matter.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
14 Mar. 2025
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Since 1980, inspection laws and methods of inspection have gotten more stringent, resulting in building owners and the city’s Department of Buildings discovering more facade issues.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
14 Mar. 2025
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April 3 after a resident in the 9400 block of Parkside Avenue reported encountering an armed individual in his backyard.—
Dennis Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2025
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Today, vaccine coverage is widespread enough that unvaccinated children can easily live to adulthood without ever encountering the virus, but not uniformly high enough to prevent outbreaks altogether.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of luring girls to be abused by Epstein, and is wanting a pardon from Trump.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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The patients sat in front of the screen that displayed a short sentence and had to imagine saying it.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
23 Aug. 2025
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Doug Vine, director of energy analysis at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, says there is innovation around everything from locating smaller, next-generation nuclear power plants by data centers to improving the electricity transmission capability of existing lines.—
Riley Robinson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar. 2025
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The owner needs help locating this suspect to pursue criminal and legal action.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Britain’s holdings jumped by $48.7 billion, the most since March 2023, to $858.1 billion.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Aug. 2025
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The central bank had almost doubled its mortgage-bond holdings to $2.7 trillion during the pandemic’s economic turmoil to support the housing market.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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The machine learning aspect of this latest breakthrough focused primarily on detecting the presence of ink, not deciphering the characters or text.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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And that’s entirely possible, by the way; SVG is still learning oval racing and might be in the high 20s in the point standings for much of the season until the playoffs.—
Jeff Gluck,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Finding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finding. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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