1
as in to realize
to come to an awareness of
that was around the time that I found out I was adopted
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2
as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online
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Recent Examples of find out
Sign up for The Eat Index, our weekly food newsletter, and find out where to eat and get the latest restaurant happenings in Orange County.
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Look below to find out where to watch matches online without a cable subscription, including ways to livestream the playoffs online for free.
—Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Scientists are trying to find out why.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Both teams found out their City Section playoff seedings on Monday.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Look below to find out where to watch matches online without a cable subscription, including ways to livestream the playoffs online for free.
—Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Scientists are trying to find out why.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Both teams found out their City Section playoff seedings on Monday.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for find out
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Computer scientist Rahul Ilango realized there was a gap between how zero knowledge is defined and how it’s used.—
Peter Hall,
Scientific American,
11 Feb. 2026
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Emily, being a little older, realizes a little more the parents think.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Recent grocery store closures have rocked the north side of Milwaukee, where growing food deserts – areas where quality food is difficult to find – have left entire neighborhoods without ready access to food.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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For his courtroom outbursts, Davis found Thompson in contempt of court and added a little more than four and a half years to his sentence.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Investigative Committee said a Makarov pistol with a silencer was discovered at the scene.—
CNN's Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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During Coulier's six-month checkup and PET scans, doctors discovered a flare-up had returned as an enlarged tumor.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
8 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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In one of several photos included in the 3 million new Epstein files, Mountbatten-Windsor is seen kneeling on all fours over an unidentified woman on the ground.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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During the Super Bowl halftime show, the casita made an appearance again, and this time, the world would see its interior for the first time.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
12 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
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Once airborne, people on the ground may not hear it at all.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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For months after presenting his vision to Hanceville’s leaders, Thompson heard nothing.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 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 out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/find%20out. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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