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
Prayer requests have accompanied Guthrie’s calls for help locating her mother.
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Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 8 Feb. 2026
The findings underscore the importance of incorporating oral traditions into heritage protection, as folklore contains crucial information for locating these sites.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
Lighton favors music for setting the tone and locating the story within the emotional tenor of mid-century yearning classics.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
A race against time continues As Nancy Guthrie’s health complications make every passing day more dire, investigators are throwing their full weight behind locating her.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 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
Officers spent the entire day locating eight suspects involved in the crashes.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Other firsts included locating Argentina’s first deep-sea whale fall.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
One standout target to try locating is the Bode’s Galaxy M81, one of the brightest galaxies in the evening sky.
—Michael D'estries, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 8 Feb. 2026
The findings underscore the importance of incorporating oral traditions into heritage protection, as folklore contains crucial information for locating these sites.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
Lighton favors music for setting the tone and locating the story within the emotional tenor of mid-century yearning classics.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
A race against time continues As Nancy Guthrie’s health complications make every passing day more dire, investigators are throwing their full weight behind locating her.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 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
Officers spent the entire day locating eight suspects involved in the crashes.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Other firsts included locating Argentina’s first deep-sea whale fall.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 Feb. 2026
One standout target to try locating is the Bode’s Galaxy M81, one of the brightest galaxies in the evening sky.
—Michael D'estries, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for locating
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The grim news out of Tucson is that, thirteen days into the search for Nancy Guthrie, the odds of finding her alive have been dropping by the hour.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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The impact is expected to hit the bottom of the employment pyramid hardest, with research finding big drops in hiring among 22- to 25-year-olds in tech and customer service, The Economist reported.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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In the simplest case, an unexpected reward (say, discovering some tasty fruit when hungry, or having someone attractive declare their love for you) causes a burst of dopamine release into a part of the basal ganglia known as the striatum—specifically, the nucleus accumbens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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While the popularity of these app-blocking devices increases (Novelli said the company has sold more than 60,000), questions remain about their efficacy when the people who buy them are mainly discovering the devices through the internet—and talking about them on social media.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Enhance your media literacy by learning the differences between news and opinion and, further, how to differentiate between advertising, news articles, letters, columns and editorials.—
Brenda Looper,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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YouTube pushed back on addiction claims YouTube wasn’t originally part of the lawsuit; Kaley and her mother decided to add it after learning about the platform’s addictive qualities, Lanier said.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Locating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locating. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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