found object

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Recent Examples of found object At Zwirner, a dimly gallery gives these solemn figures an air of reverence, with the stitched fabric and found objects of The Last Transmission (2024) resembling an offering to someone departed. Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025 Especially in periods when camp rules allowed detainees to create artwork in their cells, the artists’ use of prison detritus and found objects made the artwork more than simply a depiction of what the men lacked, desired or imagined. Alexandra Moore, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for found object
Recent Examples of Synonyms for found object
Noun
  • Native to Brazil and other South American and Central American countries, colorful peacock bass were stocked in South Florida canals in the mid-1980s by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to control the population of undesirable exotics like tilapia.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • European exotics were also present.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Insecure just gets it, and still manages to not only still keep our interest for five seasons, but also finish strong—a rarity on TV, even on HBO.
    John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
  • There are two net-new black jackets present in the capsule, which is a rarity considering the minimalist, unadorned hue is one Sanoë has typically stayed away from.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Its bottle itself is a veritable objet d’art — adorned by daisies almost as delicate as the scent concoction found inside.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • True to house, which set a new precedent for craftsmanship more than 170 years ago, each piece is an objet d'art.
    Jackie Fields, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Holy rara avis, Batman!
    Peter Mehlman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
Noun
  • The South is filled with natural wonders, from dramatic gorges and massive cave systems to beautiful wetlands and pristine beaches.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
  • As the weather quickly cools, swapping your sheets can do wonders for your sleep.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Each video, on its own, is a digital curio, the value of which drops to zero after the initial view.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Made in Ancient Egypt, which opened this month at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, features commemorative stela, golden coffins and masks, and sundry curios created in a style that changed very little down the centuries.
    Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With the facial articulation of a silent film star crossed with the savagery of a post-Saw killer, Art went from underground curiosity to horror icon within a decade.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
  • These and other sequences, handled with anthropological curiosity rather than voyeurism, probe the shifting balance of power between giver and taker.
    Catherine Bray, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This natural marvel, known as the Emerald Cave, is only part of the experience, which begins on the Colorado River where Nevada meets Arizona.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Technological marvels do little to ameliorate the hardscrabble existence of most workers; sixty-five-year labor contracts are the norm.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Found object.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/found%20object. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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