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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  • This discovery establishes a new way to couple mechanical motion and electricity at the smallest scales, opening new possibilities for molecular electronics.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Article 5 of the NATO charter contains the alliance's mutual-defense guarantee, which establishes that an attack on one is an attack on all.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of establishes
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  • Northland initiates Unusual Machines at outperform Northland says the drones component company is well positioned for growth.
    — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of initiates
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  • The national milestone introduces a convergence of technology and racial backlash in education that is unique to this moment in time.
    — Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The first episode places the audience in New England, right after the American Civil War, and introduces us to veteran Cyrus Trask and his sons, Adam and Charles.
    — Katie Gunderman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of introduces
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  • The collection launches Thursday, and is selling across both brands’ stores and websites, with prices ranging from 210 pounds for the notebooks to 850 pounds for the roll-up chessboard.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Every series Bengali streamer Hoichoi launches over the next two years will get Hindi, Tamil and Telugu-language versions streaming exclusively on Netflix, under a partnership the two companies unveiled in Mumbai on Thursday.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of launches
Verb
  • This creates a compounding cycle of high-cost debt where the business borrows money strictly to service existing commercial obligations, effectively pulling the operation underwater.
    — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • To see how this spread creates randomness throughout the world, consider an ordinary coin-flip experiment again.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
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“Founds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/founds. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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