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 Recovery Is Not the Absence of Work Perhaps the least intuitive of Friedman's findings concerns rest. Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 In general, the Latinos surveyed put more trust in what Democrats might bring to the state than Republicans, but Madrid warned that Democrats should not take too much solace in these findings. Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 The report’s overall findings echo trends revealed from several other surveys showing consumers turning to AI for help—especially to find deals—and starting their holiday shopping earlier. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026 The autopsy has already been completed, but authorities are waiting on toxicology findings to determine the cause and manner of her death. Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2026 Improved geochemical analysis adds detail to earlier findings. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 The new findings represent a major step forward in understanding the life cycles of radio galaxies, and also how supermassive black holes function as the engines powering jets that drive vast radio lobes. Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026 And while her office brought its findings to the Illinois State Police and Cook County state’s attorney, a spokesperson said, Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke declined to immediately bring charges. Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Applying the findings to inertial confinement fusion could triple energy gain, and the new understanding of diamond’s high-pressure phases could reshape models of planetary interiors, according to a press release. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Unlike in civil court proceedings, DOAH rulings are merely recommendations to state and local government agencies, which do not have to abide by the decisions.
    Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Yet Jeanie’s attorney, Adam Streisand of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton Law, argued in the letter sent to her siblings’ attorneys that two previous legal rulings render that strategy improper.
    Sam Amick, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Such discoveries have also been made while construction workers dig canals to install gas pipes.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The shipwreck is among a number of significant Byzantine discoveries in recent years.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Since his original conviction, the law has been tightened to allow sentences of up to five years for forgery, said Marseglia.
    Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond the larger metaphor for the climate crisis in those first sentences, this is where the large-scale agricultural politics become mere backdrop to the more compelling personal story.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026

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