founding member

noun

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

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The company is additionally a founding member of the Commonwealth Creative Industries Alliance, a pan-Commonwealth initiative spanning 56 nations, with a public launch targeted for August. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 May 2026 Dark Ocean comes from Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson, an Icelandic screenwriter and founding member of theatre and music collective Hatari. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 May 2026 The Baltic country is a part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, a 32-member defense alliance of which the United States is a founding member. Arkansas Online, 6 May 2026 Michel was a founding member of the Fugees along with childhood friends Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean, with the group going on to win two Grammy Awards and selling tens of millions of albums. ABC News, 1 May 2026 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 11 May. 2026.

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