founders 1 of 2

plural of founder

founders

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of founder

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of founders
Noun
Talk to founders, learn from their successes and mistakes. Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025 Sepultura founders Max and Iggor Cavalera will perform the band’s Chaos AD album in full at the show. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 15 Sep. 2025 For the co-founders, this event was just about as much about community as anything else. Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The contemporary steakhouse was created by the hospitality group Noble 33 and its founders, Tosh Berman and Mikey Tanha. Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 Milano was founded in 1961, her grandfather Carlo Porro was among its founders. Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025 Jeff Wang, who became CEO at Windsurf after the founders left for Google, wrote in a LinkedIn post on Monday that customers will benefit from the close connection between the companies' products. Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founders
Noun
  • Some are value-destroying black holes; others are relentless value creators.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Studio dominated its first season at the Emmys — but the show's creators showed no love to Sal Saperstein.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If the restructuring collapses, those investors can pull their money—a potentially catastrophic blow for a company planning to burn through $115 billion by 2029.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • East Chicago city cameras appear to show the two men in an argument before Ramirez collapses.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The rapidly changing publishing environment has opened opportunities for players like Publishizer, as well as crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, where authors also run preorder campaigns.
    Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The authors of the Cheyava Falls paper spent a year in the peer-review process, and during that time their discovery was publicly known.
    David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And really, if Young fails, Canales fails, too.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their simple plan goes awry when one of their relatives wants a posh Korean wedding banquet in the heartfelt romantic comedy.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Non-coffee drinkers can opt for the blueberry matcha latte, which goes beautifully with one of the oversized blueberry muffins.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Male dogs aren't exactly doting fathers.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Brett Eagleson and Elizabeth Miller both lost their fathers in the attack.
    September 11, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In recent decades, as China has laid down vast networks of high-speed rail and thrown up shimmering cities, Americans have developed a deepening sense that their own country struggles to get things done.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • He was sacked six times by a team that struggles to put pressure on opposing quarterbacks.
    Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the feeling when a film grabs hold remains the same—by a story, a character, a voice—that, never goes out of season.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For the 56-year-old Blanchett, repeating clothes never goes out of style.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Founders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/founders. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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