FOUNDED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

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 Drohan founded Solairus in 2009 after two decades in the industry. — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Blue Bird, founded in Fort Valley, will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2027. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The couple had a son, Colin, and founded The Denver Foundation to help special-needs children after Colin was diagnosed with severe autism. — Sophie Clausen, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 Julius Rosenwald, who founded the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, which opened in 1933, was driven by the conviction that education should be accessible to everyone, regardless of their background. — Ronald Leopold, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 These publications came to Live Nation via Veeps, the ticketed livestreaming company founded by Good Charlotte brothers Joel and Benji Madden. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026 Music, mentorship & the main stage One of the defining aspects of the festival is its connection to Art as Mentorship, the nonprofit Chi founded after years of touring with Making Movies. — Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 The life and career of Giorgio Armani is set to be the subject of a high-end TV series produced by Italy’s Lux Vide, which is collaborating with the fashion house founded by the iconic designer known for his close ties to Hollywood. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 July 2026 Their prize winnings will be donated to the Eastern Congo Initiative, a nonprofit co-founded by Affleck in 2010 to support Congolese communities. — Doha Madani, NBC news, 30 July 2026

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The fire has grown by only 2 acres since Monday, and fire lines are being established on the three fires that make up the Spokane Complex.

— Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
Officials reported Wednesday that firefighters had established containment lines around the perimeters of all three fires affecting Spokane and that they were focused on reinforcing those lines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of established

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Those open questions do not make DeepMind’s decision surprising to Debora Marks, a computational biologist at Harvard Medical School, whose group pioneered approaches to protein prediction that helped lay the groundwork for AlphaFold.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
His work pioneered investigations into innovative approaches targeting cancer stem cells and integrative oncology.

— Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of pioneered

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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives have launched an investigation after a man was found dead in Santa Clarita on Sunday morning.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Before Rick Jackson launched his surprise bid for the highest political office in Georgia earlier this year, some people in Alabama already knew his name.

— Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of launched

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Ross, Oscar, and Persephone were all metagamers who weren’t introduced to each other, and who had to make silly faces throughout the game, then point each other out based on the face-pulling, which Oscar and Sephi both successfully do.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
She was raised in Pasadena and was introduced to the music of such artists as Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Hank Williams, the Pretenders, and Neil Young through her family’s extensive vinyl record collection.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of introduced

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The new fragrance was created by the perfumer Mathilde Bijaoui, with a top note of bergamot, a heart of sea salt and a base of driftwood accord.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
Even so, the film’s gaze is more anthropological than polemical, especially given the faux-doc vibe created by its abundant handheld camerawork, seemingly filmed sometimes by the actors themselves.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of created

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Those guidelines were instituted due to the public comments that AQMD officials heard during the two-day meeting.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Two Democrats are facing off for the first time in the general election for insurance commissioner due to the open primary system instituted in 2011, in which the two top vote-getters advance regardless of party affiliation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

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