BEGETTERS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

begetters

noun

plural of begetter

as in founders

a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor Michael Faraday is widely hailed as one of the begetters of electromagnetism, the field of study that sparked a technological revolution

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The Fortune Leaders Forum will convene Fortune 500 executives and founders of leading Asian companies to help define the future of leadership in an age of convergence and complexity.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Nearly ten years after its founders Luke Cosby and Rob Lo came together in Canada to launch a fashion label rooted in denim and streetwear, Purple Brand is getting into footwear.

— Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 15 July 2026

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Also this year, Vanity Fair brought in Blackwell to co-host the official livestream for its annual Oscar Party alongside fellow creators Brittany Broski and Jake Shane.

— Rachel Brodsky, Time, 14 July 2026
The move comes as YouTube continues to have a cultural moment as movie producers chase the viral success of films such as Backrooms and content creators like Subway Takes’ Kareem Rahma start getting nominated for Emmys.

— Peter White, Deadline, 14 July 2026

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To the authors, a new constitutional government that controlled both the impulses of the masses and the abuses of their leaders would serve as the means through which the new United States government could accomplish this task.

— Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
The package was full of new-age comics by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar and Ed Brubaker, all powerhouse authors of the 2000s.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 July 2026

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