findings

plural of finding
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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 However, the findings place tighter limits on explanations for superconductivity in magic-angle graphene. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026 Yarbo later acknowledged the core technical findings and began rolling out fixes. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 His team has recently been studying how hearing factors into this, and preliminary findings indicate that the sounds people make while swimming can make a shark more likely to approach from a distance. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 The extent of the experiments’ impact on the West African chimps, whose average age is 30 to 35, is unclear, as findings from the assessments are yet to be concluded. ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026 The findings highlight the growing gap between incomes and the rising cost of everyday expenses. Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 Kansas City Current and CPKC Stadium were used as a case study for the report’s findings. Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 What Applicants Should Do Now Companies weighing a charter can work backward from what the two letters found, and three of the OCC’s findings are worth addressing before filing. Aj Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Its findings could also unlock clues about dark energy and dark matter, and some of the universe’s biggest enigmas. Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • There were legislative victories, landmark court rulings, and growing attention to the cause.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The justices did not give their reasoning for blocking the new map, as is often the case in rulings on its emergency docket.
    Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Their research produced important discoveries about learning and conditioning.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The discoveries could also reveal the convent's international connections.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • According to The New York Times, she was sentenced to life in prison, with two additional 30-year sentences to run consecutively with her life term.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • When a system is tuned to favor short, punchy sentences and immediate answers, those internal rules act like heavy gravity.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

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“Findings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/findings. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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