1
as in realizing
to come to an awareness of
that was around the time that I found out I was adopted
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as in finding
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 finding out
With the news that Assad had fled the country came the hope of finding out their fates.
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Sally Hayden,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
What was your reaction to finding out that your character was going to die like that?
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Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
But parenthood offers you this opportunity to burn your entire life down in sacrifice to finding out what’s real.
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Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
Griffin recalls the moment Ahead of his debut, Griffin met with reporters to discuss his career up to this point, the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, and finding out he was getting promoted to the Big Leagues.
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Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
But for Hall, the convoluted process of finding out about the ectopic pregnancy, and then undergoing emergency surgery, added layers to her pain.
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Emily Brindley
health Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
Someone who can hold all that is someone worth finding out about.
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Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
Families are having an even harder time than usual talking to loved ones in immigration detention or finding out where they're located during the current Department of Homeland Security shutdown, a Texas Democrat says.
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Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2026
The journey to finding out starts next week.
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Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
Sally Hayden,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
What was your reaction to finding out that your character was going to die like that?
—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
But parenthood offers you this opportunity to burn your entire life down in sacrifice to finding out what’s real.
—
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
Griffin recalls the moment Ahead of his debut, Griffin met with reporters to discuss his career up to this point, the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, and finding out he was getting promoted to the Big Leagues.
—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
But for Hall, the convoluted process of finding out about the ectopic pregnancy, and then undergoing emergency surgery, added layers to her pain.
—
Emily Brindley
health Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
Someone who can hold all that is someone worth finding out about.
—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
Families are having an even harder time than usual talking to loved ones in immigration detention or finding out where they're located during the current Department of Homeland Security shutdown, a Texas Democrat says.
—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2026
The journey to finding out starts next week.
—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finding out
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The populace can only deduce that either Putin is responsible or the elites around him are insulating him from realizing and rectifying the situation.
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After realizing the market didn’t offer anything that met the demand for even basic machine learning workloads to operate their products, the team began laying the groundwork for its first TPU.
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More than a week after the disaster, search-and-rescue operations remain active, though hopes of finding additional survivors are rapidly fading.
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The family pursued legal action after finding that their pool was not built according to code, and put the settlement money toward founding a water safety nonprofit, The Zac Foundation.
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Officials have not reported discovering caches containing cash, gold or weapons and have not publicly commented on the broader allegations.
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The findings also demonstrate the incredible observing power of the JWST and how the $10 billion space telescope is still discovering things no other instrument can.
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After learning that her friend Shannon’s mother has died in a car accident, Elle is suddenly facing her first real encounter with grief and, unable to sit with it, throws herself into planning the memorial, down to selecting the music.
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Doctors suspected rabies after learning the boy had direct contact with a bat weeks earlier.
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The journey in seeing a friend’s city anew becomes another way of seeing home.
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On June 9, witnesses reported seeing a man start a small brush fire in a field behind the Wal-Mart on Camino Arroyo, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.
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The utility said around noon that crews are in the process of locating valves to get water pumping again, but repairs might take 12-16 hours.
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Friends who tried locating Chase were said to have been concerned about her living situation in recent years.
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On Election Day, Schlossberg was campaigning out in the rain despite the concerning polls, hearing stories from passersby about their Kennedy encounters over the years and taking selfies with starstruck supporters.
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Some travel from other parts of Minnesota after hearing about the fundraiser through friends or social media.
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On a broken possession with the shot clock running down, Thornton caught the ball in the right corner with space to shoot.
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Taking the form of a 420-pound plasticky egg, K5s have mainly made headlines through extraordinary mishaps like drowning in a fountain and running down a 16-month-old-toddler.
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