ASCERTAINING Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

ascertaining

verb

present participle of ascertain

as in realizing

to come to an awareness of was immediately able to ascertain that the girl was uncomfortable talking about her life at home

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as in finding

to come upon after searching, study, or effort ascertained that their old colonial-era house had once functioned as a tavern

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Recent Examples of ascertaining As the financial leader of a growing organization, balancing growth, cost pressure and financial stewardship while ascertaining employee enrichment led me to explore healthcare benefits from a strategic perspective. — Kumar Rupesh, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Grocery store errands become more efficient, and visits to coffee shops, restaurants, and bars require ascertaining where the nearest bomb shelter lies. — Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 This is the validation process and is tremendously crucial for ascertaining whether the RFT has made a positive significant difference in the AI model’s domain specificity. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024

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There is a particular kind of freedom that comes with realizing you no longer have anything to prove.

— Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The high-level meeting in Pyongyang in June was the first step toward realizing this strategy.

— ZHENG JIYONG, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of realizing

Verb

Over in the post-production room, one of the clearest examples of that evolving creative process came in during the edits and music supervision, where even individual sequences were still finding their identity as the show came together.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Zahary emphasized that LLMs, in his experience, have been valuable in assisting humans in developing new theories or finding answers to problems.

— Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of finding

Verb

Recent surveys have continued discovering quasars that formed less than a billion years after the Big Bang, helping astronomers understand how the earliest supermassive black holes grew so quickly.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
As agents proliferate, these machine-to-machine trust relationships can quickly outpace the teams responsible for discovering, scoping, owning and rotating them.

— Eric Fourrier, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of discovering

Verb

Homeschool enrichment programs allow homeschooled students to participate in public school activities and learning part-time.

— Olivia Young, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Harbaugh had been an assistant coach elsewhere, learning the ropes as an offensive consultant at Western Kentucky and quarterbacks coach for the Oakland Raiders, but this was his first chance to be a head coach.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of learning

Verb

What to read next To have any realistic chance of seeing the northern lights during the eclipse, Earth would need to be in the grip of a severe geomagnetic storm.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
People who live in Palo Alto are probably used to seeing a driverless car quietly humming around on the street, but in middle America, many have never seen this kind of thing in practice.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of seeing

Verb

The pastime is gaining attention on TikTok and growing in popularity nationwide, driving more folks to discover the appeal (and challenge) of locating and identifying wild mushrooms.

— Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026
Both the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office assisted in locating the investigator’s body, though no further information about the incident has been shared publicly, according to the outlet.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of locating

Verb

Meghan personally called animal rights attorney Shannon Keith, who runs the Beagle Freedom Project, after hearing about 4,000 beagles being rescued from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding and research plant in Virginia.

— Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
The most rewarding thing about this has been hearing audiences laugh together, and maybe cry.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of hearing

Verb

Resources considered when determining eligibility typically include the money held in checking and savings accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual funds and retirement accounts.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Prescription requests continue to surge, and determining eligibility requires careful chart review, documentation, and patient communication.

— Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026

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