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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'the found' is not grammatically correct and cannot be used as-is in written English.
To make it grammatically correct, you should say 'the finding,' which can be used in written English to refer to the discovery or identification of something. For example, "The finding of the cure for cancer was a major breakthrough."
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the found
verb
Past of find
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But what about the found item?
Rauschenberg and Varese both purvey the found object.
Is anybody else fed up with the found footage genre?
Dada celebrates the found object, a formerly functioning item that is useless and a little forlorn.
The found material -- cardboard -- forms a loose labyrinthine maze that fills the gallery.
Now, the corps has run into another problem, involving where to store the found munitions.
His focus is on "the found object," and very little meets his bar.
The "lost" part was flowing; it was the found part that was proving difficult.
"The Triplets" is a similar collage of the found and the invented.
The found furniture is homey in the distressed style of Pottery Barn.
Jessica Stockholder has long been a proponent of the found object.
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