founding father

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Recent Examples of founding father The show, which is about the rise and fall of founding father on the 10 dollar bill, Alexander Hamilton and has a hip-hop twist on the music, debuted on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2015. Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025 North Carolina native and James Beard award-winning chef Vivian Howard is behind The Sanderling’s signature restaurant, named Theodosia after the daughter of founding father Aaron Burr. Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2025 This is the theory that Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, promulgated. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025 Dana Taylor: Thomas Jefferson, a founding father is ennobled in U.S. history books. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for founding father
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Noun
  • Bezos, who is the billionaire founder and CEO of Amazon, has been married once before; so has Sánchez.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
  • Republican Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels, will be on the ballot in the fall's general election.
    ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • For many creators, none of the choices seem like good options.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
  • Pollinators Matter As National Pollinator Week continues, embracing trends like pollinator pots, promoted by TikTok creators and supported by organizations like Bee Cups, offers an easy and meaningful way to help these crucial creatures thrive.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • In the future, Lisa serves as commissioner of the NBA, and Bart runs a retirement home where their widowed father Homer resides.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 June 2025
  • But in her 20s, Mariska became aware, independently, that her biological father was an Italian nightclub entertainer named Nelson Sardelli.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025

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“Founding father.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/founding%20father. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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