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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The team worked all day and evening trying to find Roland.—
Miriam Toews,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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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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The tribes were forcibly moved onto reservations by the U.S. government in the 19th century when silver and gold were discovered in the mountains north and south of Boise.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Aug. 2025
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The documents with State Department markings, reported by NPR, were discovered in the printer in an Anchorage hotel around 9 a.m., hours before Trump's summit with Putin at a nearby military base.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
19 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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After testing 17 rotating car seats—nearly every model on the market—the Parents team has learned a few things about their pros and cons.—
Laura Lu,
Parents,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Locate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locate. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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