as in to find
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 locate
Allred’s Restaurant, located at San Sophia gondola station.
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
At the gym, located in Garden Grove, Hansen says they were met with unwelcoming and leering stares before entering the facility.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
In the road, investigators located a black glove, black clothing, an orange vape pen and an orange window-break tool, the statement said.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
But despite his success in locating the Apollo 16 rocket booster impact site in 2015, evidence of Luna 9 remained elusive.
—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
At the gym, located in Garden Grove, Hansen says they were met with unwelcoming and leering stares before entering the facility.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
In the road, investigators located a black glove, black clothing, an orange vape pen and an orange window-break tool, the statement said.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
But despite his success in locating the Apollo 16 rocket booster impact site in 2015, evidence of Luna 9 remained elusive.
—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locate
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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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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
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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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“Locate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locate. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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