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as in to establish

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name

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Recent Examples of found The store, located at 956 Santa Fe Drive, was founded in 2022. —

Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026 Hezbollah was founded in 1982 during Lebanon's civil war and initially was devoted to ending Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon. —

CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026 Unwell, the media company founded by Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper is moving into competition series for the first time. —

Peter White, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026 The mother of three has brought her youngest to Les Invalides, the 17th century military hospital complex founded by Louis XIV, and today a museum which holds many collections of musketeer swords and armor. —

Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for found

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Products used in the NICU help win hospital contracts, and hospital contracts help establish brand loyalty, according to court records.

— David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
With the names of the two Kansas Cities firmly established over time, complaints about their dullness or geographical inaccuracy were largely confined to letters to the editor.

— Elijah Winkler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026