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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
The Nuggets have turned to Watson as a ball-handler and shot creator more frequently with several rotation players sidelined by injury and illness.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
In a recent oral history of the show for Yahoo Entertainment, it was revealed that creators David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee originally intended for Maris to be part of the show's action, but the audience reaction to her changed their minds.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Putin, creator of a mafia state, is one of the planet’s richest men.
—Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
In the interview below, creators and showrunners Mickey Down and Konrad Kay discuss how the Season 4 premiere sets things in motion and tease what’s to come in the latest installment of the HBO financial drama.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
In a recent oral history of the show for Yahoo Entertainment, it was revealed that creators David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee originally intended for Maris to be part of the show's action, but the audience reaction to her changed their minds.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Putin, creator of a mafia state, is one of the planet’s richest men.
—Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
In the interview below, creators and showrunners Mickey Down and Konrad Kay discuss how the Season 4 premiere sets things in motion and tease what’s to come in the latest installment of the HBO financial drama.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creator
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Fragrance stacking, also known as layering means mixing scents to create your own custom blend according to Almira Armstrong, founder of Lumira.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
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Peter Johnson is the founder of Archway Defense, a company that has trained state, local and federal law enforcement in firearms for the past decade.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Few authors are better equipped to address these questions than the Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard, who made a name for himself by alchemizing his private life into approximately 3,500 pages of literary voyeurism and stamping it with the name of Hitler’s manifesto.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Out today, Woman Down centers on writer Petra Rose, an author who has writer’s block and checks into a remote cabin to finish her next book.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2026
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In the earliest Greek texts, Phoinix was also the father of Europa, who, in mythology, was a princess, raped and carried off by Zeus and brought to the island of Crete.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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When Hodel died in 1999, Steve found a photo in his father’s belongings that appeared to be Short.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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His induction is only preceeded by Tom Morey, inventor of the Boogie board, and bodyboard champion Mike Stewart’s spot on the Surfers’ Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach nearly three decades ago.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
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Oscar Isaac portrays Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious inventor who brings life to a being made from the body parts of the dead.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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