be founded
Example Sentences
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“But I don’t believe any state should be founded and centered upon an ethnic or religious identity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
“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
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
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
