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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
Lorne Michaels has been at the helm since the beginning — barring seasons 6 to 10 in the early 1980s — as the show's creator and longtime producer, churning out nearly two dozen episodes a season.
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Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Millennials entered industries like fashion, media and entertainment during the rise of hustle culture and the creator economy, often believing independence would offer more freedom than traditional corporate paths.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
To try and prove the point, TikTok creator Eric Decker ordered the same burrito twice –– once with a film crew and once without.
—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The therapist, life coach and owner of Embrace Your Difference, LLC. is the creator of the Parent & Adult Child Connection Cards.
—Essence, 6 May 2026
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Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026
Millennials entered industries like fashion, media and entertainment during the rise of hustle culture and the creator economy, often believing independence would offer more freedom than traditional corporate paths.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
To try and prove the point, TikTok creator Eric Decker ordered the same burrito twice –– once with a film crew and once without.
—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The therapist, life coach and owner of Embrace Your Difference, LLC. is the creator of the Parent & Adult Child Connection Cards.
—Essence, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creator
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Lonnie Ali, the boxer's wife and co-founder of the Ali Center, is an executive producer and consultant on the project due out later this year.—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Musk, who donated $38 million to OpenAI early on, wanted control of the for-profit; the other founders were against it.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
12 May 2026
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Rex Reed, the film critic and author whose pithy reviews and provocative Hollywood interviews established him as a bad boy of entertainment journalism, died Tuesday morning, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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China plans to initially divert some four billion cubic meters of water from the Yangtze to the Yellow River annually in the first phase of part of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project—but that’s less water than what’s being captured by the Yangtze, the study authors warn.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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In November 2025, the fathers told the court about their child’s birth and a day later, Uthmeier, the AG, began pushing his way into this case.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Ahmed’s family of ten—the couple has seven children, and also cares for Ahmed’s elderly father—lives in two adjoining caravans made of metal sheets.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Ben-Noon is a co-founder of Nano Dimension, the company from which the AME technology was acquired, and a co-inventor of the AME technology itself.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The new, polar bear-esque robot by the inventor of the iRobot vacuum was all over the internet this week — eyelashes beating and tail wagging.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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“Creator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creator. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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