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John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
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Recent Examples of founded
Two of Rubén’s older sons, who married Russian acrobats during international stints, broke off and founded their own troupe as Circus Caballero.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
The project is also a big venture for Blink49 Studios, the banner founded in 2021 by international TV veteran Morayniss, an alum of Entertainment One and Alliance Atlantis.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 May 2026
How The Partnership Came About Kelce, who even founded his own clothing company, is a longtime fan of fashion.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Co-founded in 1986 by philanthropist and child health advocate Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and pediatrician and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI comprises 1,800 scientists, researchers and clinicians.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
One router maker still waiting for an exemption is TP-Link, which was founded in China but relocated to the US in 2024.
—ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Isabel Rafferty-Zavala founded the company in 2019 and runs it as CEO.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 May 2026
Tri-Rail, operated by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, was founded in 1989 by the state as a traffic relief valve while Interstate 95 and Florida’s Turnpike were being widened.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
Their water concerns may be well founded.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
The project is also a big venture for Blink49 Studios, the banner founded in 2021 by international TV veteran Morayniss, an alum of Entertainment One and Alliance Atlantis.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 May 2026
How The Partnership Came About Kelce, who even founded his own clothing company, is a longtime fan of fashion.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Co-founded in 1986 by philanthropist and child health advocate Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and pediatrician and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI comprises 1,800 scientists, researchers and clinicians.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
One router maker still waiting for an exemption is TP-Link, which was founded in China but relocated to the US in 2024.
—ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026
Isabel Rafferty-Zavala founded the company in 2019 and runs it as CEO.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 May 2026
Tri-Rail, operated by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, was founded in 1989 by the state as a traffic relief valve while Interstate 95 and Florida’s Turnpike were being widened.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
Their water concerns may be well founded.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founded
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OpenAI had already established a for-profit subsidiary.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Meanwhile, the resurgence of Eurasian empires—notably China and Russia—strikes at the heart of the cellular order established under American hegemony.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The city has long pioneered environmental policies that have later been adopted across the country, from curbside recycling in the 1970s to a ban on polystyrene-foam takeout food containers in the 1980s.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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The technology pioneered by BETA is part of the vanguard of self-piloting planes in the space.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Traditional tendencies were given license to run wild starting in the 1980s, when China’s communist government launched an era of breakneck economic liberalization.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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Two new literary awards, Books of Freedom by Freedom Letters, and Dar, organized by writer Mikhail Shishkin, have been launched explicitly to honor Russian-language books that cannot be published in Russia.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Steelmaker Nucor was initiated with a buy rating and $270 price target at Barclays.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
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The settlement agreement that initiated the fund gave the acting attorney general 30 days to create the entity and appoint five commissioners to run it.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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The villas were restored and updated, Conrad Orlando was introduced as the luxury hotel anchor, and Evermore Bay (the lagoon beach that now defines the property) was built from scratch.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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His first time playing in Season 4 introduced him to the world; his second time in Season 8 introduced him to his wife, Amber Mariano; and his fourth time playing in Season 22 earned him $1 million.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Benson created scoring chances throughout the game and finished with a goal and an assist.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Friday night’s fans may have inadvertently created a new tradition.—
Warren Mayes,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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DraftKings and rival FanDuel instituted a 50 cent fee on every wager placed in Illinois as a result.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Ruhlin said she was heartened to see some of the recommendations, notably those pushing for more transparency, instituted shortly after the report was submitted, and Jonsen has voiced broad agreement with the report findings.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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