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as in founder
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true
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Recent Examples of creator
As a creator, your job is really to kind of hold an antenna out into the zeitgeist and pick up on what people want creatively, spiritually, emotionally.
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Jennifer Liu
valentina Duarte, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026
Since the start of 2026, social media has been full of content creators recreating looks from the time.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
And creators as well, and projects as well.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Meet the expert Tom Bachik is a celebrity manicurist and the creator of the rich-girl nails trend.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
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Jennifer Liu
valentina Duarte, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026
Since the start of 2026, social media has been full of content creators recreating looks from the time.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
And creators as well, and projects as well.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Meet the expert Tom Bachik is a celebrity manicurist and the creator of the rich-girl nails trend.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creator
Noun
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Sonny Skyhawk, founder and president of American Indians in Film, one of the organizations that had joined forces with Jackson, said the campaign against the networks should have been stronger.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Nicolle Fefferman, co-founder of Parents Supporting Teachers — an online community of roughly 30,000 people — said families have been closely tracking the district’s budget discussions for the past two years but still lack clarity.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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My schoolteachers introduced me to a mix of African and Kenyan classics by such authors as Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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But over the past few years, Muslim authors have produced bracingly original stories that foreground faith as a cornerstone of identity rather than a stumbling block.—
Hafsa Lodi,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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But while Gu hailed from a wealthy family that spent time in both the US and China, Liu’s father fled China after helping to lead the Tiananmen democracy protests, which China’s Communist Party cracked down on brutally.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Osmond, her siblings, and her father were what scientists call natural short sleepers.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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Thomas Sandgaard's website describes him as an inventor, entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist and rock star.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Video evidence, like from a doorbell camera, has become a crucial piece of investigations such as the one into Guthrie's disappearance, said Jamie Siminoff, the chief inventor and founder of Ring doorbell cameras.—
Liz Kreutz,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Creator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creator. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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