be founded

Example Sentences

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"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

Any settlement must be founded on love and respect: love and respect for LGBTQ+ people and their families within and beyond the Church, love and respect for those who take different views.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2022

So it's always a big deal when cracks appear in the granite upon which West Point claims to be founded.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2021

Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald