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  • adjective based; -- often used as combining terms.

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  • verb Past participle of found
  • verb nonstandard, childish Simple past tense and past participle of find.
  • verb To set up; to launch; to institute.
  • verb Use as a basis for; grounded on.
  • adjective Having a basis.

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Examples

  • Rae, 32, was among a pack of celebrities who turned out to support the label founded by U2's Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • On Thursday, Dischord Records, the label founded by MacKaye in 1980, launched the Fugazi Live Series: an online archive of 800-plus live recordings from the band's collection, to be released in installments.

    News 2011

  • It's the band's first album on ATO, the label founded partly by Dave Matthews, and its 10 tracks come stamped with pop concision.

    NYT > Home Page By NATE CHINEN 2011

  • It's the band's first album on ATO, the label founded partly by Dave Matthews, and its 10 tracks come stamped with pop concision.

    NYT > Home Page By NATE CHINEN 2011

  • Mrs Cameron also had no trouble flying the flag when she officially launched London Fashion Week, at Somerset House, this morning, cannily mixing a dress by the highly-profitable British heritage brand, Mulberry, with a jacket by Sykes - the label founded by the young designer, Joanna Sykes, who has since gone on to be the design director of the old-established British label, Aquascutum - and shoes by L.K.Bennett.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Rae, 32, was among a pack of celebrities who turned out to support the label founded by U2's Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • This year, the label founded a social networking, music and news site aimed at promoting what it calls a “global, borderless lifestyle.”

    Clothier, and So Much More, Rocawear Takes Floor-Plus at 1411 Broadway 2009

  • One likely choice: the Whigs, an Athens, Ga., trio who recently released an album through ATO Records, the label founded by rock star Dave Matthews.

    Background Music 2008

  • Wine buffs know Big House as the label founded by Randall Grahm, the colorful owner of Bonny Doon.

    PegasusNews.com stories 2010

  • Shakin All Over (b/w Till We Kissed) on Scepter 1295, the label founded in 1959 by Florence Greenberg and the long-time home of Dionne Warwick.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows jwilkins429 2010

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