as in found
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 located
The new facility will be located in the Korean city of Cheongju, building on the company's existing footprint there.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2026
Los Angeles County arson detectives are investigating a suspicious device that was located near the 605 Freeway in El Monte on Monday.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Police later located the vehicle in Rockford, Illinois, where officers confirmed McKee was the registered owner, WBNS reported.
—Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026
The academy, located near College Parkway and State Avenue, is primarily tasked with training new recruits but also provides ongoing professional development and training.
—Sofi Zeman
january 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2026
Detectives located the car at the Dolphin Garage at MIA and found out Odio-Surarez boarded an American Airlines flight to Havana.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
Police located an unidentified man lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the torso.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 12 Jan. 2026
Tanyard Hill, located next to Coy Hill, is home to four warehouses built in the early ’60s that also apparently yield barrels with truly bonkers levels of alcohol.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2025
The factory is located in the Mimar Sinon neighborhood of Dilovasi, about 43 miles outside Istanbul.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for located
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However, former Federal Air Marshal Peter Johnson — who founded Archway Defense, which has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade — told WCCO the street is not the place to challenge a federal agent's orders.—
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The OpenSnow reporting and forecasting service is predicting four to eight additional inches at many resorts between Wednesday evening and Friday morning, although founding meteorologist Joel Gratz acknowledged that the weather models for this system have been a bit confounding.—
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Several Venezuela residents told TIME that the fear of what might be discovered on their phone at a checkpoint has guided their behavior in the days since Maduro's ouster.—
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Slavin told the local Martha's Vineyard Times that a neighbor discovered Forté alone on his kitchen floor, prompting the 911 call.—
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The actor's role will be recast, after he was officially charged Monday with one misdemeanor count of soliciting prostitution, Entertainment Weekly has learned.—
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So much so that some middle school quarterbacks enter high school having learned only to clap when ready for the ball.—
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“Located.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/located. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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