lost and found
noun
plural lost and founds
: a repository for items that have been lost by their owners
The lost and found in my high school had been a locked closet adjacent to the front office for which a secretary had the key.—
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol OatesExamples of lost and found in a Sentence
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Footprint Center lost and found Contact a Footprint Center staff member for assistance.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
Juan Gay—playful raconteur, child lost and found and lost, guardian of the institutionalized—has a project to pass along to this new narrator.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 17 June 2024
Kudos also to Shawn W. Smith, Stanton Morales and Molly Samson as characters transformed by love lost and found.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
More great reads Original ‘Star Trek’ Enterprise model was lost and found decades later.
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
There was a girl there, Sister Mary, [who] looked both lost and found.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2024
But the eight-piece Folger ensemble also managed to capture some of the electric energy between these seemingly disparate musical histories — connections lost and found in translation.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
The ballad taps into the way life can seem like a cycle of feeling lost and found.
—Craig Seymour, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
Like Rasika, Joe’s has seen its youngest diners lost and found.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
Juan Gay—playful raconteur, child lost and found and lost, guardian of the institutionalized—has a project to pass along to this new narrator.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 17 June 2024
Kudos also to Shawn W. Smith, Stanton Morales and Molly Samson as characters transformed by love lost and found.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 9 June 2024
More great reads Original ‘Star Trek’ Enterprise model was lost and found decades later.
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
There was a girl there, Sister Mary, [who] looked both lost and found.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2024
But the eight-piece Folger ensemble also managed to capture some of the electric energy between these seemingly disparate musical histories — connections lost and found in translation.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
The ballad taps into the way life can seem like a cycle of feeling lost and found.
—Craig Seymour, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
Like Rasika, Joe’s has seen its youngest diners lost and found.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
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