- present participle of locate.
locating
Example Sentences
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Working with Professor Yi Chen's group at Vanderbilt University, the researchers realized they could use Z bosons as a "tag" for locating and measuring wakes created by individual quarks.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
"When Microsoft and Amazon do business here in NSW, it's pleasing to see they are committed to providing some of their more skilled operations and locating them here," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
In the hard-hit western city of Pereira, Andres Cano, a 30-year-old nursing student, acknowledged that the hope of locating survivors "is much lower now."
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Worse, locating and identifying people who have been in contact with Ebola patients is a tedious and frequently dangerous task.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Obsession?” said Hermione in a low fierce voice, when Harry was careless enough to use the word one evening, after Hermione had told him off for his lack of interest in locating more Horcruxes.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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