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 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 The Gwinnett County Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating 17-year-old Deaniyka Body, who jumped from a moving vehicle that was transporting her only two weeks ago, police say. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 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 Mercedes’ native navigation is particularly useful when locating charging stations, while switching between the factory interface and Apple CarPlay proved refreshingly easy. — Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Co-locating energy-intensive facilities near the generation source minimizes these long-distance delivery losses. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for locating
  1. finding
  2. discovering
  3. learning
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  • Over in the post-production room, one of the clearest examples of that evolving creative process came in during the edits and music supervision, where even individual sequences were still finding their identity as the show came together.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Zahary emphasized that LLMs, in his experience, have been valuable in assisting humans in developing new theories or finding answers to problems.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of finding
Verb
  • Recent surveys have continued discovering quasars that formed less than a billion years after the Big Bang, helping astronomers understand how the earliest supermassive black holes grew so quickly.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As agents proliferate, these machine-to-machine trust relationships can quickly outpace the teams responsible for discovering, scoping, owning and rotating them.
    — Eric Fourrier, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of discovering
Verb
  • Homeschool enrichment programs allow homeschooled students to participate in public school activities and learning part-time.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Harbaugh had been an assistant coach elsewhere, learning the ropes as an offensive consultant at Western Kentucky and quarterbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders, but this was his first chance to be a head coach.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of learning

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