locating

verb

present participle of locate
as in finding
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 locating The next day, the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page asking for help locating Nikki. — Francie Ebert, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026 The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation initially contacted Roswell police and asked for assistance locating and apprehending Spruill. — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 The Long Beach Police Department previously put out a news release about Carbullido going missing, asking for the public’s help in locating him. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 The Olathe Police Department is seeking public assistance in locating a missing man who was last seen walking along 123rd Street Monday. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026 Lakeside police are asking for the public’s help in locating two individuals wanted for child endangerment charges after four children under the age of 10 tested positive for fentanyl. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026 On top of locating the missing art, the rightful owners need to prove it was stolen from them in the first place. — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 9 Aug. 2026 The couple shared their story with Fraser Health in the hopes of locating and reconnecting with Delia, whom Kathy had tried to find years earlier to no avail. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 The pastime is gaining attention on TikTok and growing in popularity nationwide, driving more folks to discover the appeal (and challenge) of locating and identifying wild mushrooms. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for locating
  1. finding
  2. discovering
  3. learning
Verb
  • The Mexican navy searched a vast area of the Pacific Ocean by sea and air, eventually finding the two men floating in a large fishing cooler about 150 miles off the coast of Chiapas, a southern state in Mexico that borders Guatemala.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Officers reported allegedly finding live ammunition hidden in a sock in her dresser, a digital scale, more than 100 plastic baggies, text messages appearing to show drug sales, and $4,121 in cash.
    — Julie Watts August 20, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of finding
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  • That coordination gives everyone time to confirm eligibility on the new stock, model the holding-period math and put the election deadline on the calendar rather than discovering it after the fact.
    — Sharon Olson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The greater risk is losing access to one difficult-to-replace material and discovering that an entire factory, grid project or defense program cannot proceed without it.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of discovering
Verb
  • Many of the experiences are suitable for older children, from riding to learning how to look after sheep for the day, accompanied by a local shepherd.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But for educators, there is a growing consensus that AI literacy is about more than learning how to use generative AI and write good prompts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of learning

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