Does Lightroom save settings into a xmp file?

With Camera Raw, a xmp file is saved in the same folder with the same name of the image once we making any changes or settings to a image.
Does Lightroom save settings into a xmp file? If it does, why can't I find the xmp file in the image folder?

raw (cr2, etc.) - keywords, captions, and develop settings are written to a sidecar
dng, jpeg, tiff - keywords, captions, and develop settings are written to the file
All of these things are written to the LR catalog automatically. "Save metadata to file" saves them to the files themselves, in the above fashion. Develop settings are only written to files if you have that option checked. Automatic writing to files can also be activated.

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