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 Contour Circuits, founded by Secor and former graduate student Jeremy Rurup, received a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer contract to advance the technology. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 At Micam, curation takes place in sections like the Emerging Designer event area, founded in 2018. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026 Arkhum Productions was founded by actor/producer Centineo and Marc in 2023. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026 Neal Street Productions, a Banijay Entertainment company, was founded in 2003; its founders are Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris and Caro Newling. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026 When Karma Developers was founded in 2013, its founders began with a different question. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 In recent years, Smith founded the nonprofit Serving the People and opened FOOD, a restaurant catering to artists. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Mavrookas co-founded Saronic in 2022, focusing on the development of autonomous maritime vehicles. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 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

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This turns the tables on them, with one of crypto's biggest and most established companies working to appeal to wealthy investors who may want options with a range of strategies and asset classes.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
What distinguished their negotiations was that Kissinger and Zhou each established a true intellectual appreciation for the other as a partner.

— Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of established

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Robert Eagle, a co-author of the study and a geobiologist at University of California, Los Angeles, pioneered this approach to measuring prehistoric body temperatures.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
The theft-prone models lack a critical safeguard called an engine immobilizer pioneered in the mid-1980s, when more than 60,000 cars a year were stolen in Los Angeles alone.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 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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In April Bangladesh health officials initiated a large-scale measles vaccination campaign, targeting some 18 million children.

— Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
Instead, plaintiffs contend that the commission initiated the early renewal proceeding to retaliate against plaintiffs in violation of the First Amendment.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of initiated

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In the 250 years since Newton introduced his famous laws of motion, physicists had come to believe their equations described a reality that was entirely independent of human action or interpretation.

— Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
The proposal ultimately stalled after Assembly leaders asked that it be introduced as a separate policy bill rather than as a trailer bill, Fine said.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 14 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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