founded

verb

past tense of found
as in established
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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Recent Examples of founded The group is a nonpartisan nonprofit founded by a former Republican FEC chairman. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Ho, who co-founded 852 Films, picked up the Fantastic Icon Award at BIFAN’s 30th edition, honoring her body of work in genre film. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 Fabscrap was founded in 2016 by New York City Department of Sanitation employee Jessica Schreiber. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 Massy Group, founded and headquartered in Trinidad, employs more than 13,000 people across nearly 60 companies in the Caribbean. — Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 King Promise founded Rent Paid to fundraise for local community charities, including the Nungua Orphanage, which provides support to those under 16 in the area. — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026 Morgan received a grant from the Ballmer Group, founded by Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his wife, for the foundation’s DiscoverWorks Summer program. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 BlackRock, Carhartt, Ford and Google founded the Alliance in July — the same four companies represented on the panel. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Over roughly 45 minutes, the Luminiscence performance takes attendees back in time before Sacramento was founded, sailing through the city’s early days and the building of the cathedral in three musical acts. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founded
  1. established
  2. pioneered
  3. launched
  4. initiated
  5. introduced
  6. created
  7. instituted
Verb
  • Other networks have been established for working fathers, LGBTQ+ employees, and early-career staff, which were established to give younger employees a greater say in their career development and opportunities to communicate with leadership.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Deadline has established that several top producers have declined to throw their hat into the ring, with many citing concerns about the lack of rights and the production contract sucking creative energy away from other projects.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of established
Verb
  • Beginning in the late 1990s, Berkeley Lab researchers at the CXRO pioneered techniques to replace visible light with higher energy extreme ultraviolet light for lithography.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Housing First idea was pioneered by a New York nonprofit in the 1990s and has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy since 2013.
    — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of pioneered
Verb
  • Earlier this year, the Dutch adaptation launched on RTL4 to more than 1 million viewers and a Polish version delivered TVN’s biggest primetime launch in five years, according to TF1.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The owner of The Armoury, a four-unit men’s retailer with locations in New York and Hong Kong, has acquired his largest brand, named a new creative director and launched a second career as a pseudo real estate developer.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of launched
Verb
  • Text messages indicate Moore’s representative had initiated the process of retrieving his belongings in the hours after his arrest, and the school was quick to oblige.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In those cases, the transition to single-member districts was initiated by legal challenges alleging voter discrimination, with plaintiffs saying the racial makeup of the boards didn’t reflect the racial makeup of district students.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of initiated
Verb
  • Everyone duly introduced, the crew gets to work preparing for the first charter.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
  • First introduced on Italy’s Canale 5 in 1999, the word game has appeared in more than 10,000 episodes across 12 countries, according to Good Formats.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of introduced
Verb
  • Once that was created, the company answered the demand of its customers for a physical location.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The entry is paired with a suite of portraits of a number of Black men and women wearing MooreWraps, versatile multi-wear garments created by Moore’s sister with proceeds donated to victims of domestic violence and incarceration.
    — Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of created
Verb
  • The county’s healthcare system, meanwhile, instituted its fourth year of budget trims in anticipation of major federal cuts to Medicaid.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Park and Recreation recently instituted a 20 mph speed limit along the county’s greenway trails and already has some rules on the books, such as requiring helmets for riders aged 16 or younger.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of instituted

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“Founded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/founded. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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