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Recent Examples of found object
At Zwirner, a dimly gallery gives these solemn figures an air of reverence, with the stitched fabric and found objects of The Last Transmission (2024) resembling an offering to someone departed.
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Especially in periods when camp rules allowed detainees to create artwork in their cells, the artists’ use of prison detritus and found objects made the artwork more than simply a depiction of what the men lacked, desired or imagined.
—Alexandra Moore, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
Each of the artists explores themes of identity, migration, labor and place through various mediums, such as painting, found objects and video installations.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
The excavation found objects relating to the furnishing and renovation of the house.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
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Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Especially in periods when camp rules allowed detainees to create artwork in their cells, the artists’ use of prison detritus and found objects made the artwork more than simply a depiction of what the men lacked, desired or imagined.
—Alexandra Moore, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
Each of the artists explores themes of identity, migration, labor and place through various mediums, such as painting, found objects and video installations.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
The excavation found objects relating to the furnishing and renovation of the house.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for found object
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The list includes coveted exotics, like the Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM, along with some unexpected names, like the Toyota Rav4 EV short-wheelbase prototype.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2026
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These results further reinforced the depth of demand across both European exotics and culturally significant collector cars.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Consequently, while the consideration of parental gun behaviors is not entirely absent from custody decisions, its relative rarity suggests a deliberate unwillingness to link them with parental fitness considerations.—
Marcia Zug,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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Which brings us to the math rarity.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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Designers agree that smaller accessories and objets d'art that should be added to a room last.—
Sheila Kim,
The Spruce,
6 Jan. 2026
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Stocked with 24 whole-leaf teas that beckon to be opened and enjoyed each day of December before Christmas, the set itself doubles as an objet d’art that will beautify the kitchen, bedroom, or wherever else its recipient chooses to park it for the month.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Nov. 2025
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Sitting in the center, with a passenger seat to the left and right, the lucky driver will feel equally at home in the US, the UK or anywhere a long stretch of pavement invites this rara avis to soar.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
21 June 2021
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Holy rara avis, Batman!—
Peter Mehlman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Nov. 2020
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Except someone did eventually hear it—the good folks at Freedom to Spend, known for reissuing all kinds of wonders from the experimental past, who took it upon themselves to sort through all 1200 tapes submitted to the ND zine over the course of its run before landing upon Larrison’s.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
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Poor Landscaping Good landscaping can truly work wonders, while overgrown plants will immediately give off a chaotic look and detract from the architectural features on the exterior of your home, according to Farnan.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
2 Apr. 2026
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Robert enjoys learning fun facts about different creatures and can talk about them with excitement and curiosity.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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The first is curiosity — the drive to generate novel questions, not just process existing ones.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Conscription and extensive civil defense shelters, now historical curios in much of the West, remain bedrock elements of Finnish defense.—
Liam Denning,
Bloomberg,
12 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, admirers, colleagues and gallery workers have sent her curios from New Mexico, Tennessee, New England and beyond.—
Leigh-Ann Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The marvel of the play, and of this keenly staged and performed production, is its emotional volatility, the quiver of truth behind the percolating dialogue of evasion or shaming accusation.—
Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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These marvels of engineering elevate riders as high as 210 feet (64 meters), send them through dizzying loops and corkscrews and propel them at speeds as high as 76 mph (122 kilometers per hour).—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Found object.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/found%20object. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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