Found
Found verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
Manufacture and found are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Manufacture" instead a verb "Found".
Manufacture
Manufacture verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Found and manufacture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Found" instead a verb "Manufacture".
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Both words in one sentence
- Secondly, the Legion is strongly opposed to drugs, but Hydra can occasionally be found on the bodies of dead legionnaires, and it's implied that they manufacture drugs themselves.
Source: Hypocrite / Video Games - Red Shield previously tried to manufacture bullets incorporating Saya's blood but found them ineffective, and Saya herself often has to redraw her blood during the same battle.
Source: Holding Back the Phlebotinum - The robots then found out that the formula for their manufacture was lost (it was destroyed by Helena; Harry wanted to use that as a bargaining tool).
Source: Theatre / R.U.R.
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