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Recent Examples of found object
Participants’ thumbprints are being incorporated into the design, as are found objects that Paul Ecke Central students have been collecting in donation boxes.
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Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
Collect pinecones, acorns, and other found objects from your yard or a nearby park.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2023
The middle section largely turns on Cave’s cast bronze and found object sculptures, many of which deploy the artist’s own disembodied limbs festooned with intricate floral brocades.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
Human children usually start to develop the skill around eight months, reports Mindy Weisberger for Live Science, and previous research has found object permanence in primates such as chimpanzees and gorillas.
—Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021
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Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
Collect pinecones, acorns, and other found objects from your yard or a nearby park.
—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2023
The middle section largely turns on Cave’s cast bronze and found object sculptures, many of which deploy the artist’s own disembodied limbs festooned with intricate floral brocades.
—Max Lakin, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
Human children usually start to develop the skill around eight months, reports Mindy Weisberger for Live Science, and previous research has found object permanence in primates such as chimpanzees and gorillas.
—Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for found object
Noun
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Plants like trumpet honeysuckle, bee balm, and hummingbird sage provide much more nectar than hybrids and exotics.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American-Statesman,
20 Mar. 2024
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Alex Hirschi leapfrogged auto-journalism conventions by building a vast social media audience of 120 million followers by showcasing some of the most innovative exotics in existence.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
18 Aug. 2024
Noun
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In today’s landscape, dominated by NIL deals and the transfer portal, assembling such a cohesive unit from within is a rarity.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Owing to its format, still a relative rarity theatrically in 2007, the three-hour feature was little seen after its 2007 premiere at the Venice Film Festival.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Rooms are adorned with traditional Turkish objets d'art including colourful woven rugs, decorative hanging miniature wooden doors and vintage wooden panels.—
Yasemen Kaner-White,
theweek,
19 Dec. 2024
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Along with unique finds from luxury brands— including, of course, the objet d'art from Aerin—the boutique offers plenty of merchandise, including hats, hoodies, dog bowls, swimwear, ashtrays, and more.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Holy rara avis, Batman!—
Peter Mehlman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Nov. 2020
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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
Noun
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Fans will receive a one-time redeemable code to unlock 24-pack hourglasses and 12 wonder hourglasses, which can be used to open two digital booster packs and select one randomized digital card as part of the Wonder Pick feature.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Panama Canal was designated one of the seven wonders of the modern world in 1994.—
Erika Angulo,
NBC News,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Juliet Arch Cabinet The Juliet Arch Cabinet from the Better Homes & Gardens collection at Walmart is one of the most aesthetic and functional curio cabinets available.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2025
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This profile starts as a curio, but very quickly becomes fascinating.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
19 Dec. 2024
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Their arrival on the app has been met with a mix of curiosity, playful requests for cat photos, and appeals for Chinese-language subtitles.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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The find has sparked a wave of excitement and curiosity among both experts and the public.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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Back to Ichiro, who was simply a marvel for literal decades.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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But Kern’s score is a marvel of variety, invention and emotion.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Found object.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/found%20object. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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