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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finds (for or against)
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That’s what determines whether a crowd stays stable or tips toward danger.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Labin details the elaborate process of elimination that determines which socks to bring to the festival each year.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2026
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Guest Janine Kovac, in addition to being an author herself, adjudicates submissions for various residencies and is co-director of Litquake’s Lit Crawl.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Another member of his class, Omar Abdelmoity, serves on the university’s Academic Integrity Board, the body that adjudicates cases of cheating, with AI or otherwise.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
17 Aug. 2025
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The program, which launched last month, gave half a dozen Los Angeles County civil court judges access to AI software called Learned Hand.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
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With that in mind, here are the top 10 starters with at least 100 pitches thrown this spring so far, ranked by Stuff+, which judges pitches by their physical qualities alone.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The agency approved Lilly's obesity pill on a fast track for drugs that FDA deems a national priority.—
Sydney Lupkin,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
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Artemis has been trudging along at a once-every-three-years flight rate, which Isaacman deems unacceptable.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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But an internal committee that hears claims about judicial conduct and disability rejected Newman's due process claims in a March 24 decision.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2026
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Henry hears her and runs up to the stones, and, well, what’s a guy to do?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Finds (for or against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finds%20%28for%20or%20against%29. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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