founds

verb

present tense third-person singular of found
as in establishes
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 founds Jean-Marie Le Pen founds the far-right National Front, building it around anti-immigration and nationalist policies. — ABC News, 6 July 2026 Goldschmied enters a partnership with Renzo Rosso and co-founds Diesel. — Maria Cristina Pavarini, Footwear News, 18 May 2026 Last year, people searching for missing relatives founds piles of shoes and other clothing, as well as bone fragments at what authorities later said was a Jalisco cartel recruitment and training site. — Fabiola Sanchez, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026 Last year, people searching for missing relatives founds piles of shoes and other clothing, as well as bone fragments, at what authorities later said was a Jalisco cartel recruitment and training site. — Garrett Haake, NBC news, 22 Feb. 2026 Jackson also founds the National Rainbow Coalition, whose mission is to protect, defend and gain civil rights by leveling the economic and educational playing fields, and to promote peace and justice around the world. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026 But the gun has more limited ammunition compared to semi-automatic pistols that can carry 10 to 17 founds or more. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founds
  1. establishes
  2. initiates
  3. introduces
  4. launches
  5. creates
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  • Instead, the work establishes a controllable magnonic platform for studying synchronization and nonlinear magnetic dynamics.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • This agreement establishes strong protections, clear economics, and new creative possibilities for artists and their fans.
    — Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of establishes
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  • Jefferies initiates Aehr Test Systems at buy Jefferies says the semiconductor test company has a differentiated offering.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But the bill would not expressly require a verifiable evidence chain across the different systems involved, from when a user initiates a task to the final outcome.
    — Aashis Luitel, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of initiates
Verb
  • This could not be more apparent in the cold open, which suddenly introduces a new Buckley classmate named Really Rhonda, played by the aggressively Gen-Z actress Ivy Wolk.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Abdelkader told Fortune lawmakers should make cybersecurity a primary consideration akin to airbags, noting that every connected vehicle introduces some degree of cyber risk.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of introduces
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  • The British handbag brand, based in London, launches its Autumn Winter 2026 collection today with new products - The Brooklyn, a new family developed from its bestselling New York bag.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of workers continue daily forays into Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as the company has gone full bore to rebuild the pad to support New Glenn launches before the end of the year.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of launches
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  • House races Craig's Senate candidacy creates an opening in the Second Congressional District, which Republicans have long wanted to flip.
    — Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Experts warn this creates critical geopolitical chokepoints, threatening a Chinese monopoly on the global copper concentrate trade.
    — Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of creates

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