be founded

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“Like the ordinary municipal laws, it may be founded upon our consent or that of our representatives; but it derives its ultimate obligatory force as a law, and not as a compact.”

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2023

"If there was an illiquidity premium, it has to be disclosed and it has to be founded in empirical evidence."

From Reuters • May 5, 2023

As a youth activist, she helped put up flyers for groups such as Fierce, an organization fighting gentrification that happened to be founded by some of Lovell’s youth media cohorts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2023

It said the nine-member board had come to a unanimous conclusion that the prosecutors' allegations "did not appear to be founded" and that the club had always acted correctly.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2022

The Intersex Society of North America wouldn’t be founded until 1993, however.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides