founding member

noun

: an original member of a group (such as a club or corporation)

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Shayna Baszler, a dominant two-time NXT Women's Champion, and Dakota Kai, a multi-time NXT and WWE Women's Tag Team Champion and a founding member of Damage CTRL, are now free agents. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025 Audiences may recognize her as the daughter of Joseph Simmons, a founding member of the legendary hip-hop group Run-DMC. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 31 July 2025 Jennings’ former colleague and fellow founding member of the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice, Dr. Mark Mitchell, described Jennings as a powerful force. Julianna D’addona, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025 In 1949: the U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty, paving the way for the country to be a founding member of NATO. Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for founding member

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“Founding member.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/founding%20member. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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