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 The company was founded in Atlanta by Georgia Tech students, and is still headquartered in the city. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026 Candle True Stories is part of Candle Media, the media holding company co-founded by former Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026 Among her many achievements, Steinem co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus in 1971, an organization that supports and trains women seeking positions in public office. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 An idea ahead of its time Porter founded Histoury less than three years ago, but the lightning bolt of inspiration originally struck him 15 years ago on a visit to Herculaneum, Porter tells Popular Science. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026 Rathbun founded Abacus, an eatery that was inducted into the Nation’s Restaurant News Fine Dining Hall of Fame. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026 Related Articles Nicole + Felicia was founded in 2015 by Nicole and Felicia Chang. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 McLachlan, who co-founded Lilith Fair in 1997, was instantly on board. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 The company, founded in 1995, has grown through a combination of scale and acquisitions, building an operation that spans much of the food supply chain. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

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Although decades of research have established the concept as a mature fusion system, the complicated three-dimensional coils traditionally used by stellarators have created major engineering challenges.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
The development came a day after nurses marched to the Council of Governors’ office, a body established to bring together Kenya’s 47 county governments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of established

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Anthropic pioneered the space with a beta program in 2024, and Perplexity built a system that can navigate a virtual computer to complete tasks for users in February this year.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
In the 1970s, scientists at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science pioneered the foundations of modern cryptography.

— Matthew Sun, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of pioneered

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Bryce Underwood launched a Hail Mary well out of the end zone as time seemed to expire on the Wolverines to give WMU an improbable upset victory late Saturday night in Ann Arbor.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Since then, Miu Miu has launched the satin style in a slew of colorways, including white, red and even a bright sky blue.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of launched

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This is an expansion of a recall initiated in July by Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur for Publix frozen blueberries and mixed berries.

— Molly Burford, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026
The recall was initiated after it was discovered by an analyst at TJX (the parent company of the retail stores) that the Chocolatey Eyeballs containing whey (milk) were distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of milk.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of initiated

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His comments come seven months after Tiley proposed a move in the opposite direction by suggesting that best-of-five-set matches be introduced in the women’s competition at the Australian Open from the quarter-finals onwards.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The first series introduced us to Eddie Horniman (Theo James), a young British aristocrat who had inherited his father’s grand country estate, only to discover that behind the family money was a secret cannabis empire.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of introduced

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The use of chemical weapons would add to mounting human rights abuses and atrocities by both sides in a war that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 6 Sep. 2026
In May 2020, Naming the Lost, a public art project, created temporary memorials to casualties in all five boroughs.

— Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of created

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New York City just instituted a sweeping ban on schools using AI in the classroom through the start of high school, along with other restrictions on the technology.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 3 Sep. 2026
To get its mojo back, Nvidia needs a massive buyback program , like what Apple instituted under ex-CEO, now executive chair Tim Cook.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

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