as in creators
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
Maria Montessori was the founder of an educational system dedicated to maximizing a child's creative potential
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as in flops
to be unsuccessful
the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up
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as in collapses
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered
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Recent Examples of founders
Amelia Lucas,melissa Repko, CNBC, 7 June 2026
The process through which these attacks in Iran were ordered contradicted the intent of America’s founders in giving Congress the power to declare war.
—Steven Andreasen, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
The founders who treat referrals like a system end up with calendars full of warm leads, fewer cold conversations, and clients who feel like friends.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
But those conditions arise far less often than founders and their backers claim.
—Rory McDonald, Fortune, 6 June 2026
Denoted as such by the three co-founders, who met and worked in the Big Smoke, this Paris pub in the Marais is always popping.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Paradero Todos Santos opened in 2021 from founders Pablo Carmona and Joshua Kremer, and sits on five acres within an agricultural area outside the coastal town of Todos Santos, about an hour north of Cabo San Lucas.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
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Mammoth also wants the founders and executive teams to stay on for a while.
—Amelia Lucas,melissa Repko, CNBC, 7 June 2026
The process through which these attacks in Iran were ordered contradicted the intent of America’s founders in giving Congress the power to declare war.
—Steven Andreasen, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
The founders who treat referrals like a system end up with calendars full of warm leads, fewer cold conversations, and clients who feel like friends.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
But those conditions arise far less often than founders and their backers claim.
—Rory McDonald, Fortune, 6 June 2026
Denoted as such by the three co-founders, who met and worked in the Big Smoke, this Paris pub in the Marais is always popping.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Paradero Todos Santos opened in 2021 from founders Pablo Carmona and Joshua Kremer, and sits on five acres within an agricultural area outside the coastal town of Todos Santos, about an hour north of Cabo San Lucas.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founders
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The performance was introduced by The Book of Mormon creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park) and double EGOT winner Robert Lopez, who cowrote the popular Broadway production together.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Marginal is partnering with the film’s creators, Ash T and Johnny Rey Diaz, to continue its festival run, and developing it for a longer-form treatment.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 June 2026
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Joel Embiid is a great player, one of the best bigs in f—ing basketball history, flops.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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One of the best bigs in [expletive] basketball history flops.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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There’s an even bigger problem, though—Charlie collapses on the floor in pain, alone in the office, as the season ends.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 June 2026
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Now researchers have analyzed samples taken from within the structure itself—specifically, the crater’s peak ring, an inner ring that formed when the Chicxulub impact produced enough debris to form a mound in the center of its crater that later collapses.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
9 June 2026
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The screwworm, the authors wrote, has caused immense suffering to the livestock for which humans have a responsibility to care.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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Staying in the same geographic region, this anthology features stories by Swedish authors from the 1800s to the 1950s, many published for the first time in English.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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If a potential winner fails to respond to notification, fails to return required documents on time, is found to be ineligible, or otherwise fails to comply with these Official Rules, the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate, in Sponsor’s discretion.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
8 June 2026
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Different 'tools' if diplomacy fails Vance did not rule out military fighting intensifying before the war ends, if months of negotiations fail to produce a deal.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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The store is 8,000 square feet with plenty of options to choose from as far as merch goes, including jerseys, Funko Pops, soccer balls and more.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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In testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Sheila Clark, President and CEO of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association, warned that the damage goes far beyond the theft of tax dollars.—
Wes Kilgore,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Blair Miller and Johnathon Bobbitt-Miller, the adoptive fathers of Harmony's brother Jamison, shared a statement following the Supreme Court's decision.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Children may not resemble either parent, leading to a parent being mistaken for a nanny (with mothers) or a mentor (with fathers) when in public.—
Geoffrey Greif,
Baltimore Sun,
11 June 2026
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Ray struggles to hide his drink, to get a drink, to get away on his own and pursue his Sisyphean labors of hammering a bucket of baseballs off a tee and then wandering through the field to collect them and start again.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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Roki Sasaki struggles in loss Former Dodger Miguel Vargas delivered the go-ahead hit for the White Sox in the fifth inning as part of a game-defining seven-run rally.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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“Founders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/founders. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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