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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Warning signs Nowadays, the layoff cycles are much shorter than before, said Bryan Creely, who founded A Life After Layoff, a career coaching company.
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Dian Zhang, USA Today, 4 May 2026
That message guides Unconventional Life, the company Schroeder founded and leads.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
Sun, who founded the decentralized blockchain platform Tron in 2017, has a net wealth of nearly $12 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 May 2026
The startup was founded three years ago by OpenAI chairman and former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, with former Google executive Clay Bavor.
—Kate Rooney, CNBC, 4 May 2026
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Dian Zhang, USA Today, 4 May 2026
That message guides Unconventional Life, the company Schroeder founded and leads.
—Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
Sun, who founded the decentralized blockchain platform Tron in 2017, has a net wealth of nearly $12 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 May 2026
The startup was founded three years ago by OpenAI chairman and former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, with former Google executive Clay Bavor.
—Kate Rooney, CNBC, 4 May 2026
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Magnolia trees need extra water to become established.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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Both times also established pool records.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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The pioneering budget carrier was among the first to launch a business model that centered ultra-low fares and made almost every service, from in-flight beverages and seat selection to carry-on bags, an add-on fee.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 May 2026
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Cohen knows today’s podcasting cabal owes him a debt for pioneering its booking practices; Call Her Daddy and Las Culturistas don’t get to bounce between Michelle Obama and Huda Mustafa from Love Island USA without Cohen’s tradition of loving nosiness.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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He was introduced at a rally alongside San Diego Bay.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Spirit introduced itself to the market, five years later, as Charter One.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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Initial estimates put repair pricetag at about $400,000, leading the Riverwalk Commission and the now-defunct Exchange Club of Naperville to consider alternatives, including converting the fountain into a static art installation or creating a more natural water feature with plantings.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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But there are also many subtle gestures toward immortality, suggesting that Wilson has learned to see beyond the conditions of loss and precarity that created these families.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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And yet dealmaking, the act that initiates the entire relationship, operates in a kind of contractual no-man’s-land where no clock runs and no consequence attaches to delay.—
George Heller,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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Chinese state media proactively publicized the visit late Tuesday, citing a foreign ministry statement that noted Beijing initiated the invitation.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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Alarmed by growing difficulties for skyway-level residents, workers and shop owners, Kehmeier joined forces with fellow skyway denizens to launch Friends of the Skyway in January.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
10 May 2026
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That’s why Rosengren, UCSD colleagues Thomas Bewley and Ben Hanson, and colleagues at the University of Arizona are investigating rare, low-probability chances for destruction, thereby offering authorities the best advice on when to launch deflection missions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 May 2026
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“Found.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/found. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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