My textbook give me the next example sentence:
They're in research and development. They find new products for the company to sell.
But I can't see clear the meaning of 'find' in this sentence and I think it's better to use 'develop' instead of 'find':
They're in research and development. They develop new products for the company to sell.
Am I right according to the meaning 'research and development'? Or 'to find' has the meaning 'to develop' as well?
In these examples: find means they are looking for the new products. It does not by itself specify whether they found any or not.
develop means they are making a product, such as starting with an idea, making a prototype, improving it, doing market evaluation and hopefully selling it.
Most likely, the sentence uses an extended meaning of "find" meaning "discover" or "invent". e.g.
My team found a very effective anti-cancer chemical this month.
The implication is that all products exist as Platonic ideals -- they just have to be found.
