locating

Example Sentences

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The scientists noted that locating such tiny marine animals often depends heavily on luck due to their size and the limited research window.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: It might be useful to start by locating us in this moment and by describing what has changed for American judges in the last couple of years.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

The leagues will tell you that these changes are far less disruptive to younger viewers, who are much more adept at locating programming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Sometimes hungry villagers walk for more than three hours into the wilderness before locating the trees.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Everyone could identify the sounds of a search, and we had grown expert at locating them in the neighborhood.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang