hits (on or upon)

verb

present tense third-person singular of hit (on or upon)
as in finds
to come upon after searching, study, or effort the doctor finally hit on what was wrong with the pain-wracked woman

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hits (on or upon)
  1. finds
  2. learns
  3. discovers
  4. gets
  5. runs down
  6. turns up
  7. digs up
  8. locates
Verb
  • Going deeper Deloitte’s CFO Signals article finds that many organizations manage AI spending reactively rather than proactively and rely on basic or general controls.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Whoever finds my key shall travel far, said Nana, though people whispered that the road to her house had no end.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of finds
Verb
  • Rama soon learns that the people of Ayodhya are raising questions about Sita’s chastity after her captivity in Lanka and criticizing him for taking her back.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The advantage goes to the organization that learns fastest from each deployment.
    — Todd Bernson, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of learns
Verb
  • Decades later Santa discovers the misplaced letter and immediately sets out to make things right.
    — Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The New Yorker named this novel — about a man who discovers a manuscript secretly written by his wife, who has early-onset Alzheimer’s — one of the best books of 2026.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of discovers
Verb
  • As the plasma gets hotter, its nuclei move faster, and a greater proportion of encounters occur at energies favorable for fusion.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The background street gets wildly warped from distortion, and anything outside of the center suffers some detail loss.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of gets
Verb
  • The Brewers clawed back from four runs down and yet again proved why this team loves playing from behind.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a marshy creek that runs down the west side of the property, and that creekbottom transitions to a 100-yard-wide stretch of hardwoods that border a hayfield.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of runs down
Verb
  • In South Korea, Letybo often turns up as part of a three-hour combination session that might fold in filler, hyaluronic acid skin boosters and a facial, Kim told Allure.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Sometimes an examination turns up nothing wrong with the ear itself.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of turns up
Verb
  • For decades, the debate around Africa’s natural resources has largely been over who gets the value from what the continent digs up and ships out.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • What begins as a journey for father and son to spread the ashes of their wife and mother, Faye, quickly turns into a fantastical adventure the tests their relationship and digs up ghosts from Kratos' past.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of digs up
Verb
  • It is funded through the Job Development Investment Grant program, which directs a portion of a JDIG award to the account when a company locates or expands in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 county.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Peng’s wardrobe consistently locates her within China, drawing on domestic design and recognizable elements of Chinese dress.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of locates
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