1
as in to discover
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
we finally found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites
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as in to encounter
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance
hey, I found my notebook!
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as in discovery
something discovered
that antique plate was a great garage sale find
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Recent Examples of find
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
By Monday, other top athletes who have previously found themselves in political controversy were rallying to Hess' defense.
—Steven Sloan, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
Inspectors on average find about 40-50 plant pests a day, the most common being moths.
—CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Trying to pull lithium from seawater is like trying to find a single grain of sugar in a desert of salt.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
By Monday, other top athletes who have previously found themselves in political controversy were rallying to Hess' defense.
—Steven Sloan, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
Among the finds, archaeologist developed a picture of the traditions that this cult participated in.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
Inspectors on average find about 40-50 plant pests a day, the most common being moths.
—CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for find
Verb
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These special beings unite to try and discover their true evolutionary purpose while being watched and hunted by a dark group called the Whispers.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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In the beauty world, finding out someone’s lip combo is like discovering their astrological big three.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In 2024, Chen Goldberg encountered a problem familiar to many senior operators.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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The majority of people the students encountered were supportive.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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New discoveries always spur unconventional hypotheses; all must be ruled out.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Feb. 2026
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Remains found amid search in Mexico MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities on Friday announced the discovery of bodies and remains in the northwestern state of Sinaloa in an area of an ongoing search for 10 missing workers from a Canadian gold and silver mine.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Boxer Imane Khelif admitted to having the SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome, which is found in biological males, and undergoing hormone treatments to lower testosterone levels ahead of the 2024 Olympics in an interview with the French sports publication L'Equipe.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The unit recorded higher losses than expected last quarter after Washington issued a stop-work order for projects including Vineyard Wind 1, located off Martha’s Vineyard.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Seahawks and Rams met in the NFC Championship Game, which was only decided by four points.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Milwaukee-area real estate market has far too few homes to meet feverish homebuyer demand.—
Francesca Pica,
jsonline.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, senior leaders at Arizona State University were quietly hosting 30 leaders from Korean technical colleges to discuss how the United States might learn from their success in developing an AI-ready workforce.—
David Ignatius,
Washington Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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Researchers also learned that these 7- to 10-pound creatures, which are not much larger than a house cat, are impressively agile and travel about seven miles a day in extremely rugged territory.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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And the other function of music media is learning more, getting deeper into fandom, learning more about the lives of a lot of musicians, many of whom don’t necessarily need a magazine or music media to put their image out there for them.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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This latest iteration, which builds on the 2024 version by adding a voter ID provision, must get 60 votes to pass.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Find.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/find. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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