found

verb

Definition of foundnext
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 mattresses from the Spanish brand Sivana (founded by former soccer player Miguel Serna) are hypoallergenic and handmade from natural materials (horsehair, linen, wool, and virgin cotton). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 Scott and Stauring founded the humanitarian group iACT largely to respond to the crisis in Darfur, a semi-desert plateau in western Sudan that has known nothing but war this century. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The project is proposed by KozPure Development, a firm co-founded in 2024 by Joshua Wood. — Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Pearson co-founded an organization called Memphis Community Against the Pipeline, in October, 2020. — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for found
Recent Examples of Synonyms for found
  1. establish
  2. pioneer
  3. introduce
  4. create
  5. initiate
  6. launch
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  • Around the same time, Congress established the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, an administrative body that adjudicates patent disputes.
    — Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • During preliminary sea trials, operators aboard the carrier used the ship’s Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC) to establish a beyond-line-of-sight connection with the aircraft through a satellite network.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
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  • Apple's first foldable comes seven years after Samsung pioneered the category, but the American tech giant is expected to take a sizable chunk of the market.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The perfumer at the start of his career created with L’Artisan Parfumeur’s founder Jean Laporte the Mûre et Musc scent that pioneered fruity fragrances.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of pioneer
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  • From 2001 to 2010, as Denmark introduced nationwide resuscitation initiatives including mandatory school CPR education, bystander CPR rates more than doubled, while 30-day survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest more than tripled.
    — Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The bill was introduced over a year ago, and its primary backer was the late Lindsey Graham, a veteran Republican senator who represented South Carolina.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of introduce
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  • For a government overseeing a population dominated by mobile expats, that created a lot of uncertainty in terms of establishing an economic base that can support a welfare system and basic state infrastructure.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The working group of administrators and Greek life representatives created action plans for each chapter to resume operations in fall 2018 based on a blind review of their previous four years.
    — Brittany Shammas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of create
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  • The system monitors equipment conditions, identifies abnormalities, and can initiate automated responses.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • All this, not to mention the famous literary lunches initiated by Christina Foyle in 1930 and a fixture in the literary calendar for eighty years.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of initiate
Verb
  • Instead, as Israel moved closer to a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia, Hamas launched an assault that upended the region, plunging it into war.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Minutes from the April 19 meeting outlined how the government opted for just one round of readiness checks before launching its emergency vaccination program due to time constraints, instead of the typical four rounds.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
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“Found.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/found. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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