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found object

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Recent Examples of found object The new NoLIta store, which was designed in partnership with Greg Dutton Studio, reflects that heritage with its neutral tones, found objects and wooden design elements. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025 The task now is to preserve, with legal integrity, evidence of the Assad regime’s crimes — to transform these thousands of photographs, documents, and found objects into prosecutable evidence. — Lynzy Billing, The Dial, 24 July 2025 During the two-week-long search, investigators also found objects like shotgun shells and handcuffs. — Emily Krauser, People.com, 3 July 2025 Elsewhere, found objects and Ancient coins become jewels that carry a sense of history, inspired by travel and art. — Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for found object

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For that bit of hilarious historical synchronicity alone, Asked and Answered is worth folding into your more fantastical exotics, or even a sawbuck on the nose.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The primate, who was not microchipped, has been given a clean bill of health after being seen by a specialist exotics vet for a check-up, the release noted.

— Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

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Walls of glass frame a 180-acre lake and riparian forest, while a decorative objet d’art above the stone fireplace embedded with 10-million-year-old fish fossils serves as a focal point.

— David Caraccio Updated July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
Consider it a counter-worthy objet d’art for the modern cook.

— Mina Dragani, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026

Definition of objet d'art

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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
Finding that rara avis of product design that combines pretty with practical is thrilling, and porcelain tile is both.

— Sarah Baird, Good Housekeeping, 14 Sep. 2020

Definition of rara avis

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The Commonwealths is a multi-sport competition held every four years between member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and their territories, and has become more of a sporting curio in recent iterations, ranking well below the Olympics.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Over the past few years, Sofie Birch has amassed a sparkling catalog of bucolic curios on outré labels.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026

Definition of curio

Noun

This week's quiz highlights family fun, medical marvels — and a lot more.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
The man responsible for one of the greatest engineering marvels of his time, the 233-mile aqueduct that gave a semiarid region a world-class city, now admitted responsibility for one of the greatest engineering disasters in American history.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

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