as in to establish
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
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While professional success is a founding element of the Gobundance community, the group exists to improve throughout all areas of life.
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Kody Boye, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The Junior Invitational, founded in 2011, features 36 boys and 24 girls competing.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
This particular narrative arc started in 2014, when Markle founded her lifestyle blog The Tig.
—Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The result is more efficient cybersecurity solutions (which is a high priority across all industries at the moment) and has already attracted $192 million in funding since the company was founded in 2020.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Kody Boye, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The Junior Invitational, founded in 2011, features 36 boys and 24 girls competing.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
This particular narrative arc started in 2014, when Markle founded her lifestyle blog The Tig.
—Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The result is more efficient cybersecurity solutions (which is a high priority across all industries at the moment) and has already attracted $192 million in funding since the company was founded in 2020.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Coogler established himself, with Creed and his two Black Panthermovies, as a filmmaker with propulsive, novel takes on franchise fare.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Smithsonian Institution was first established by Congress with funding from British scientist James Smithson.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The White Lotus season 3 star recently shared his thoughts on the upcoming TV project, which reboots the book series' story with a new cast after he and lead actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson pioneered the novels' first adaptation on the big screen across eight films.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, the large cloud service providers today have pioneered many of their AI capabilities through their cloud suites, meaning that this is the easiest way customers can access and take advantage of these tools.—
Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D.,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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To that end, the show creators introduced Catherine O’Hara as Joel’s therapist Gail in the first episode of Season 2.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Narrated by Brendan Fraser, the stunning feature film introduces Leo, a handsome sea lion pup who’s learning how to navigate life alongside his mother, Luna.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
19 Apr. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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China is currently still saddled with a 145% import tariff, and the others were slated for tariffs ranging from 26% to 49% before Trump's 90-day pause initiated on April 9.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Separately, the Department of Education is initiating a rulemaking process this week that may further alter or curtail access to those programs.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Trader Joe's and its popular mini tote bags In April, Trader Joe's launched its mini canvas tote bags just in time for Easter.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Their off-Earth chase was brief: Shenzhou 20 launched atop a Long March 2F rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China today at 5:17 a.m. EDT (0917 GMT; 5:17 p.m. Beijing time).—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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