as in establishes
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John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
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Recent Examples of founds
Goldschmied enters a partnership with Renzo Rosso and co-founds Diesel.
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Maria Cristina Pavarini,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
Last year, people searching for missing relatives founds piles of shoes and other clothing, as well as bone fragments at what authorities later said was a Jalisco cartel recruitment and training site.
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Fabiola Sanchez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
Last year, people searching for missing relatives founds piles of shoes and other clothing, as well as bone fragments, at what authorities later said was a Jalisco cartel recruitment and training site.
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Garrett Haake,
NBC news,
22 Feb. 2026
Jackson also founds the National Rainbow Coalition, whose mission is to protect, defend and gain civil rights by leveling the economic and educational playing fields, and to promote peace and justice around the world.
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Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
But the gun has more limited ammunition compared to semi-automatic pistols that can carry 10 to 17 founds or more.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
Maria Cristina Pavarini,
Footwear News,
18 May 2026
Last year, people searching for missing relatives founds piles of shoes and other clothing, as well as bone fragments at what authorities later said was a Jalisco cartel recruitment and training site.
—
Fabiola Sanchez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
Last year, people searching for missing relatives founds piles of shoes and other clothing, as well as bone fragments, at what authorities later said was a Jalisco cartel recruitment and training site.
—
Garrett Haake,
NBC news,
22 Feb. 2026
Jackson also founds the National Rainbow Coalition, whose mission is to protect, defend and gain civil rights by leveling the economic and educational playing fields, and to promote peace and justice around the world.
—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
But the gun has more limited ammunition compared to semi-automatic pistols that can carry 10 to 17 founds or more.
—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founds
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Medicare, the federal insurance program, establishes prices for medical services.
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The graphic above shows that there is year-to-year variability due to things like El Niño and La Niña, but the overall trend clearly establishes a warming trend.
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Needham initiates Carlsmed as buy Needham says the medtech company is best positioned.
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Traffic is expected to be impacted in Midtown Manhattan as the city initiates shuttle bus corridors and closes streets around Penn Station for fans going to MetLife Stadium, which FIFA calls New York New Jersey Stadium.
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Artificial intelligence now introduces a different challenge by demonstrating that many traditional legal tasks can be performed faster and more efficiently by machines.
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For coffee drinkers, the program introduces 52 distinct flavor releases over the course of the year.
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The event also launches Giving 4th, a nationwide initiative encouraging Americans to support charitable organizations and volunteer in their communities in honor of the country's 250th birthday.
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Once a month, Alejandro de Lucia, 62, a Cuban native living in Long Island, launches the Supermarket23 app and selects meats, rice and other items to send to his in-laws in Cojimar, who are in their 80s.
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Summerville creates chances mostly by cutting in on his preferred right foot, as shown on the dashboard, and is unafraid to pick out shots from congested central areas.
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To prevent the organs from being rejected by their new human hosts, Revivicor deactivated a gene that codes for the enzyme that creates the alpha-gal molecule.
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“Founds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/founds. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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