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 After cops released a wanted poster Wednesday calling Carrasco armed and dangerous and asked the public’s help locating him, an acquaintance turned up at the 49th Precinct stationhouse, police sources said. — Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 In addition, Thompson is the only prosecutor in Idaho history to win a murder conviction without investigators ever locating the victim’s body. — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2026 Police are now asking the public for help identifying and locating the suspects in these cases. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Even the local Athenians have trouble locating it on a map, not helped by the fact that it's also known as Tzia. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Fernandez detailed how Machado’s grandmother came to the daycare when Machado was missing and asked Fernandez for help in locating her. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 Medicine is the practice of locating one specific patient inside a general population. — Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 This component's other skills include locating large files and folders, locating empty files, irretrievably erasing drives (other than the boot drive), uninstalling apps, and defragmenting disks and the registry. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 If there was only sea, with water that never stands still, locating anything would be much more complicated—as mariners know full well. — Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for locating
  1. finding
  2. discovering
  3. learning
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  • Last month, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the 4th Circuit had prematurely halted the rule, finding that the FCC must issue a decision on the Democratic candidates’ petition for review before the appeals court can get involved.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The power of finding joy and hope through adversity is also a big lesson.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of finding
Verb
  • There’s a lot more competition now, especially with the celebrity beauty brands and the indie or niche brands that are blowing up on TikTok, which is a super popular platform for discovering new beauty products.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Lu began searching about a year before filming, eventually discovering Wang, a boy of Taiwanese and Italian heritage, through a social media account run by his mother.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of discovering
Verb
  • McKinsey was about learning and always being curious and solving problems.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Reimagine teaching and learning with stronger academics, career and technical training, trades, apprenticeships and college pathways.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of learning

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“Locating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locating. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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