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
After locating handgun ammunition in the SUV, Burbank PD used a helicopter and police dog named Spike to locate Alas along a steep embankment along the freeway.
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Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Officials have requested the public's help in locating the two men, and also shared CCTV footage showing what the men were wearing on New Year’s Day.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
After detectives watched the video, the department put out an urgent plea to the public asking for help locating the couple that included a description of Gonzalez’s Ford F-150 pickup truck.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
Oof — Charlie, good luck locating that impossible-to-find gas!
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
Major companies including Amazon have considered locating in the city, only to go elsewhere.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
This year's first full moon occurs in Cancer as the moon is locating in Cancer.
—Danijela Pilic, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2026
Deep Isolation foresees co-locating its boreholes at active and decommissioned nuclear plants, according to CEO Rod Baltzer.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
There is typically a dearth of historical information about the conditions in which the vehicle went missing, and locating a sunken aircraft or a large ship in the vastness of the ocean is difficult and costly.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Officials have requested the public's help in locating the two men, and also shared CCTV footage showing what the men were wearing on New Year’s Day.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
After detectives watched the video, the department put out an urgent plea to the public asking for help locating the couple that included a description of Gonzalez’s Ford F-150 pickup truck.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
Oof — Charlie, good luck locating that impossible-to-find gas!
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
Major companies including Amazon have considered locating in the city, only to go elsewhere.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
This year's first full moon occurs in Cancer as the moon is locating in Cancer.
—Danijela Pilic, Glamour, 3 Jan. 2026
Deep Isolation foresees co-locating its boreholes at active and decommissioned nuclear plants, according to CEO Rod Baltzer.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
There is typically a dearth of historical information about the conditions in which the vehicle went missing, and locating a sunken aircraft or a large ship in the vastness of the ocean is difficult and costly.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for locating
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Los Angeles’s tight ends’ success in finding paydirt against Seattle could come into play again this week.—
Josh Shepardson,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The idea behind genetic genealogy is to take DNA from a crime scene and enter it into a publicly accessible genealogy DNA database in hopes of finding a close enough match to relatives of the unknown perpetrator.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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In Panama, families will participate in a new Blink glamping experience on the San Blas Islands, working with the Guna community while exploring coral reefs, snorkeling with dolphins, and discovering the region’s unique ecosystems.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Over the next couple of years, the study authors followed a trail of bone fragments downslope for several meters, discovering more teeth and a series of larger bones from the upper body.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
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This letter is my heart and body learning now to sing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Starting in the fall, every student in elementary and middle school in Beijing, and several other districts, began learning about AI.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Locating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locating. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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