discovering

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I first came to wear the badge of foodie in college in the aughts, a time when the term meant leading with curiosity, a vector for discovering and exploring new cultures and ideas.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Credit for discovering this phenomenon goes to Odhrain McCarthy, a finance professor at New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

But as our nature is classed amongst the most depleted in the world, with one in six species at risk of extinction, discovering a control on habitat destruction is a cause for hope.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

“Hell’s Kitchen,” a New York story of a wunderkind discovering her gift, helped me get over my allergy to the jukebox genre.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

The other students sat mostly in stupors, worn out from the class, or else were scouring their notes in hopes of discovering they’d done better than they thought.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart