- present participle of locate.
Example Sentences
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Locating a decent physical copy of the film or an online stream that wasn’t in 360p quality was nearly impossible just a decade ago.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
Locating stuttering in the brain opens up new possibilities for medical treatment.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
Locating and directing this mission requires extreme precision down to the nanosecond, errors in navigation which could risk spacecraft entering the wrong orbits.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2024
Locating and excavating each tunnel is time-consuming and dangerous.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2024
Locating a quarter, he ambled over to the jukebox, thumbed his coin into the slot, and punched out three songs by Charlie Pride, Tammy Wynette, and Loretta Lynn.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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