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Recent Examples of locate Because Ireland is an Anglophone country with large diasporas located in the United Kingdom and the United States, it is assumed that politics should behave a little bit like the two nations who pump so much influence back into it through the mass media produced in London, New York, and Hollywood. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 11 July 2025 Follow the on-screen instructions to help Facebook locate your account and start the recovery process. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025 Bentley Residences will be located on Miami's Sunny Isles Beach. New Atlas, 29 June 2025 The Hunter Woods subdivision would be located near the $1 billion Microsoft data center that is going to be built there. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for locate
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Verb
  • There, a tactical response team found a man lying dead with a weapon nearby, whom authorities believe was the shooter.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 July 2025
  • In December 2024, a U.S. Senate Committee report initiated by Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, said that at least two Amazon studies found a link between the speed at which the online retailer's warehouse workers are performing tasks and workplace injuries.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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  • The Ruckers also discovered mismanagement of their funds and books by Kubler.
    Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
  • The bodies' heads were discovered nearby in a plastic bag, authorities said, according to the Associated Press.
    Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Caitlin Clark learned some important things from two legends: Michael Jordan and Phil Jackson.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • And did viewers learn the identity of the mystery houseguest?
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 11 July 2025

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“Locate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locate. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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