FINDINGS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

findings

noun

plural of finding

as in rulings

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 discoveries

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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Recent Examples of findings Some 322 residents RSVP’d, and more than two dozen participants checked in at all five restaurants, based on the findings of the online app. —

Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 May 2026 The findings suggest whales, like humans, cooperate during birth—something that had never been documented in detail before. —

Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 May 2026 Dateline reached out to the Iowa Department of Public Safety for comment on the case and received a report filed on June 18, 1965, that contained a synopsis of the scene and initial findings. —

Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 10 May 2026 The findings may also help explain why other nearby icy moons of Jupiter evolved differently despite sharing similar environments. —

Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026 Ultimately, the findings didn’t provide strong evidence of the same molecular convergence seen in true echolocators. —

Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 These are the findings of our investigation that the BBC paid for but refuses to show. —

Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 May 2026 The Pentagon declined to comment on these findings; CNN has also reached out to the Cuban government. —

Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 The school districts cited in the investigation have spoken out against the findings. —

Kendrick Calfee may 9, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026

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Noun

The variety of different rulings tee up a divide the Supreme Court will ultimately need to resolve.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026
Republicans have opened up an advantage in a national redistricting battle among states after a pair of court rulings that weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities and invalidated a key Democratic redistricting effort.

— David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026