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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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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
Some residents, determined to find out, made their way back despite the thick smoke, only to discover nothing left but ruins.
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Tony Dokoupil, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
Image So now comes the anxious waiting, to find out what else has fallen, and may still.
—Sam Lubell, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
Attorneys for the coalition found out about the disappearing messages during the discovery process of the lawsuit.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
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Tony Dokoupil, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
Image So now comes the anxious waiting, to find out what else has fallen, and may still.
—Sam Lubell, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
Attorneys for the coalition found out about the disappearing messages during the discovery process of the lawsuit.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
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Many people are starting to realize that $300+ billion search market, led in the west by Google, is being completely upended by new large language models and generative AI.John Sviokla, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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The city has a vested interest in protecting that dream, which cannot be fully realized if people aren’t held accountable for making our city unsafe.The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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The easier and often more obvious group of four will become yellow once found all together, followed by green, blue and, the hardest or more obscure group, purple.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Emergency crews were dispatched to a home on Horseshoe Drive at 5:47 p.m. in connection with a fire complaint and found that the residence was burning, according to Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police Department.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2025
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The human remains were discovered early Monday evening by two local hunters in the woods near a highway close to Taylorsville, which is about 60 miles north of Charlotte, the Alexander County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.Stephen Smith, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
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But it is soon discovered that Belle was never diagnosed with cancer, let alone cured.Charley Ross, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2025
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Babich learned his lesson and took his foot off the blitzing pedal.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Techniques are often established early, starting when a player first learns to swing, and they are refined by thousands and thousands of hours of practice, until the motions become automatic.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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The group was seen filling buckets of water from Libonati's pool and passing it among themselves to douse the smoking spots around the house.Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Fallon also makes a saucy joke about the bulge in his workout shorts ,as he's seen pulling out a dove that flies away.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Kyiv also attacked the site, located in the city of Nizhnekamsk, in April 2024, damaging the plant's main processing unit, according to the official.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 12 Jan. 2025
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The Museum of Broadway Theater fans can get a behind the scenes look at some of their favorite shows at The Museum of Broadway, located in Manhattan’s Theatre District.Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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Justices issued an order agreeing to hear the appeal by Terry Hubbard, who went to the Supreme Court in October after the 4th District Court of Appeal ruled that charges against him should move forward.Jim Saunders, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
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The high court, which will have to hear the case, next meets on March 11.Paolo Confino, Fortune Asia, 14 Jan. 2025
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Biden's plan was to enable applicants to stay with their families while immigration officials determined their cases, touting it as a far more humane way to carry out the process and get more people green cards or permanent resident status.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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People with low credit scores can also have trouble getting a loan or can be forced to borrow at higher interest rates.Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Find out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/find%20out. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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