Owner finds bone after long search.

Meaning: The owner sees the bone after looking for it for a long time.

Choice of Words: Finds means to discover or locate something. After means following something in time or order. Long means having a great extent of time or space.

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The owner discovered the bone after an extensive search.

Meaning: This means that the person who owns the bone has finally found it after looking for it for a long time. It's like saying, The person who owns the bone has finally found it after looking for it for a long time.

Choice of Words: Owner is the person who owns something. In this sentence, it refers to the person who owns the bone. Discovered means to find something that was lost or hidden. Bone is a hard, white substance that makes up the skeletons of animals. After means following or coming later than something else. Extensive means large or wide in scope or range. Search means to look for something carefully.

The bone was finally located by its owner after a lengthy search.

Meaning: This means that the person who owns the bone has finally found it after looking for it for a long time. It's like saying, The person who owns the bone has finally found it after looking for it for a long time.

Choice of Words: Bone is a hard, white substance that makes up the skeletons of animals. Was is the past tense of the verb "to be". Finally means at the end of a period of time or effort. Located means to find something that was lost or hidden. By means next to or near something. Owner is the person who owns something. In this sentence, it refers to the person who owns the bone. After means following or coming later than something else. Lengthy means long in duration. Search means to look for something carefully.

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