found object

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Recent Examples of found object 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 An eclectic, funky mosaic design that features found objects and celebrates Leucadia’s history won Encinitas City Council approval Wednesday and now heads into the fabrication stage. Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023 Or Antonio Cervantes García, a man from the Catalonia region who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and created a space out of concrete and found objects to keep his demons at bay. Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 12 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for found object
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Noun
  • With one of the country’s best jockeys in the saddle and one of its most esteemed trainers behind her, don’t overlook her, especially underneath in vertical exotics. 4.
    Teresa Genaro, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Eschewing runways for a closed public road, the annual Sun Valley Tour de Force, next taking place July 17 through 19 in Ketchum, Idaho, allows enthusiasts to test the limits of their own exotics, such as the owner of a Bugatti Chiron who reached 253.01 mph on a previous edition’s 3.2-mile stretch.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Those are rarities throughout the last 6,000 years of recorded history.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025
  • That is the point, as MSNBC for the first time builds out its own news division, a rarity for linear TV these days, while retaining a lineup of primetime progressive hosts.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Throughout, there are design nods to the building’s former purpose with pleated headboards evoking the folds of judicial robes and legal scales doubling as objets d'art, while the muted color palette feels lifted from a Dutch Old Master.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
  • Contemporary furnishings in neutrals are layered with art and objet that add splashes of Mediterranean blue, orange, and lime green.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Holy rara avis, Batman!
    Peter Mehlman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • 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
Noun
  • As the six pals confront issues in their relationships and experience a few unfortunate (but hilarious) travel mishaps along the way, viewers are simultaneously taken on a tour of the beautiful natural wonders and idyllic towns the Hudson Valley has to offer.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 May 2025
  • For design lovers, that might mean visiting architectural icons, traveling to new places, traversing natural wonders, or trying new activities that flex certain skills.
    Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • But that hasn’t stopped some weird curios from sneaking through.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Here’s why March 30, 2025 12:00 AM Entertainment Historic photos show Hallmark’s growth to giant of cards, curios and entertainment March 29, 2025 5:30 AM See all stories The Kansas City Star J.M. Banks is The Star’s culture and identity reporter.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Boasting co-signs from global icons like J Balvin and Dua Lipa, the Santiago native has parlayed the freshness of Chilean slang into the mainstream reggaeton lexicon, and an eagerness to reconnect with his African roots is also spurring curiosity and constant innovation.
    Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2025
  • Hubbard, 38, recalled watching Aoki's show that same night and being struck not only by his energy, but his curiosity.
    Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • This week's quiz highlights May marvels, hamburger history, lyrical legends — and more.
    Khloe Quill , Reem Amro, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2025
  • Just beyond the epic Castle Howard in rural North Yorkshire, about 200 miles north of London, stands the Silos, another architectural marvel that is a modern homage to the area’s agrarian past.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 May 2025

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“Found object.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/found%20object. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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