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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
On June 4, the IndieWire Honors Spring 2026 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for crafting some of the year’s best television series.
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
Netflix’s The Boroughs, produced by Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer, begins life at a comparative disadvantage.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Furthermore, discovery networks like Podchaser index over 150,000 podcasts, and most top-tier podcast hosting sites now include automatic transcripts for creators as a standard feature.
—Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
From the creators of the revenge dress and the revenge haircut comes…revenge eyeliner.
—Vanessa Santos, Glamour, 18 May 2026
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Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 31 May 2026
Netflix’s The Boroughs, produced by Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer, begins life at a comparative disadvantage.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Furthermore, discovery networks like Podchaser index over 150,000 podcasts, and most top-tier podcast hosting sites now include automatic transcripts for creators as a standard feature.
—Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
From the creators of the revenge dress and the revenge haircut comes…revenge eyeliner.
—Vanessa Santos, Glamour, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creator
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At first, the three founders—art critic Marsha Miro, dealer Susanne Feld Hilberry, and photographer Julia Reyes Taubman—envisioned creating an institution that would operate as an extension of the Detroit Institute of Arts that focused on alternative exhibition programming.—
Brianna J. Heath,
ARTnews.com,
26 May 2026
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For Regen, founder of Regen Projects, Opie’s ability to move across subjects has long defined her practice.—
Jane Horowitz,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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That isn’t to say Crichton is an author whose reputation needs resuscitating.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Daniel Sikkema, born Daniel García Carrera in Cuba, is a onetime escort and the author of the 2006 autobiography Ticket to Paradise.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 May 2026
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The playful relationship that Monterroso Mejia and her dad display in the film reminded Ribeiro about her own bond with her Brazilian father.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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Despite all this, and despite having been jilted by her fiancé shortly after her father’s demise, the young woman remained undeterred in her ambitions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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He’d been invited to a brainstorm convened by Nathan Myhrvold, a polymath inventor.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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In plain English, the benefits of invention spill far beyond the inventors.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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“Creator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creator. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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