as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
we were finally able to locate the missing cat, who had been sleeping in the closet the whole time
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Recent Examples of locate
Case in point, the prince’s reaction to a very normal thing: a speed bump, which has just been installed on the road outside his house, Royal Lodge, located in Windsor Great Park.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Aug. 2025
The vast majority ends up in landfills often located in low-income communities lacking the power to push back against the noise, air pollution and choking smoke that often accompany them.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
By locating in centers where the offices are visible and accessible, Bluebird Kids aims to give parents a convenient place for their children to go for basic care, rather than relying on hospital ERs and urgent care centers, which are more expensive.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, Woodbury Police Department and Maplewood Police Department use sticky GPS trackers to locate fleeing vehicles without pursuing them at high speeds.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2025
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Aug. 2025
The vast majority ends up in landfills often located in low-income communities lacking the power to push back against the noise, air pollution and choking smoke that often accompany them.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
By locating in centers where the offices are visible and accessible, Bluebird Kids aims to give parents a convenient place for their children to go for basic care, rather than relying on hospital ERs and urgent care centers, which are more expensive.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, Woodbury Police Department and Maplewood Police Department use sticky GPS trackers to locate fleeing vehicles without pursuing them at high speeds.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locate
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Clarendon Hills found itself in the elimination bracket by virtue of a 16-1 loss Wednesday to the Mountain Region and Nevada State champion from Las Vegas, which improved to 2-0 Saturday with a 5-3 win over the Northwest Region champs from Washington.—
Chuck Fieldman,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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Du Plessis – who was making the third defense of his belt – had no answer to Chimaev’s grappling and found himself on the mat within the opening minute of the fight.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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There ended up being a fire in the shop, and police discovered the victims (again, content warning for a violent crime), naked, tied up, burned, shot in the head with at least one of them having been raped.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Phony, which Hulu ordered as a pilot in October 2024, centers on Sonny (Nivola), a high school student who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident and discovers his mom, Ellen (Britton), has seemingly been replaced by an impostor.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Emil Michael, the under secretary of Defense for research and engineering, said Russia’s more than three-year invasion of Ukraine has shown the new trajectory of warfare, one that the U.S. and the rest of the world is learning from.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
16 Aug. 2025
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Jacob Riis tenants learned from this cautionary tale, voting overwhelmingly against privatization.—
Stacy Torres,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Locate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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