creator
noun
cre·a·tor
krē-ˈā-tər 
: one that creates usually by bringing something new or original into being
Examples of creator in a Sentence
the creator of the popular television show
although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true
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Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer told Entertainment Weekly that the rest of the season will continue to cover the events of The First Shadow.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Dec. 2025
The following year, The First Shadow premiered on London’s West End, with a book by series executive producer Kate Trefry and story by series creators Matt and Ross Duffer, playwright Jack Thorne and Trefry.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Each segment is helmed by a different creator or creative team — Patrick McHale, Ian Jones-Quartey and Rebecca Sugar, and Pendleton Ward — without knowledge of what the others are doing, which could result in a fascinating spectacle or a flat-out weird one.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
And when competition shrinks, consumers and creators lose.
—Joseph M. Singer, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Dec. 2025
The following year, The First Shadow premiered on London’s West End, with a book by series executive producer Kate Trefry and story by series creators Matt and Ross Duffer, playwright Jack Thorne and Trefry.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
Each segment is helmed by a different creator or creative team — Patrick McHale, Ian Jones-Quartey and Rebecca Sugar, and Pendleton Ward — without knowledge of what the others are doing, which could result in a fascinating spectacle or a flat-out weird one.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
And when competition shrinks, consumers and creators lose.
—Joseph M. Singer, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
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“Creator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creator. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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