as in establishing
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 founding
Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Since its founding, StubHub has changed ownership a few times and suffered a significant drop in its valuation.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The United Nation is holding its annual General Assembly this month as the organization marks 80 years since its founding.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
Since its founding in 2017, the PAUSE program has provided visas and institutional support to hundreds of at-risk scholars and artists from conflict zones around the world, including Palestine.
—Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Now, nearly 50 years after its founding, the database and enterprise software giant has gotten another big break.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Starbucks has signed on as a founding partner for the LA28 organizing committee and Team USA.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Her artistic career includes the founding of The Way of the Rain, a nonprofit launched in 2015.
—Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
School leaders say that when the public charter network has opened buildings across the city since its founding in 1999, the crime rate tends to drop in the respective neighborhood.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
The Oscar-winning actor has never shied away from talking about menopause, founding a company called Respin to make information more widely available and even testifying in front of Congress in support of a bill to help increase funding for women’s health issues.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
The organ donation system, as this decertification shows, is in need of reform and updating, said Arthur Caplan, founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Today, it is considered a founding text of philosophical anarchism.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Sky Wee is the founding partner of Sky Ventures and partner of ATF Capital.
—Sky Wee, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Kirk had built Turning Point USA into one of the country’s largest political organizations since founding it at age 18 in 2012.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
The area around the stadium will be named Maybelle Blair Park after the IWBC founding director emeritus and a former pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The hires follow the departure of founding partner José Lamali earlier this year.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
The trip also will recognize and celebrate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, a White House official told reporters in the call previewing the trip.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Since its founding, StubHub has changed ownership a few times and suffered a significant drop in its valuation.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The United Nation is holding its annual General Assembly this month as the organization marks 80 years since its founding.
—Greg Dixon, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
Since its founding in 2017, the PAUSE program has provided visas and institutional support to hundreds of at-risk scholars and artists from conflict zones around the world, including Palestine.
—Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Now, nearly 50 years after its founding, the database and enterprise software giant has gotten another big break.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Starbucks has signed on as a founding partner for the LA28 organizing committee and Team USA.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Her artistic career includes the founding of The Way of the Rain, a nonprofit launched in 2015.
—Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
School leaders say that when the public charter network has opened buildings across the city since its founding in 1999, the crime rate tends to drop in the respective neighborhood.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
The Oscar-winning actor has never shied away from talking about menopause, founding a company called Respin to make information more widely available and even testifying in front of Congress in support of a bill to help increase funding for women’s health issues.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
The organ donation system, as this decertification shows, is in need of reform and updating, said Arthur Caplan, founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Today, it is considered a founding text of philosophical anarchism.
—Roy Scranton, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2025
Sky Wee is the founding partner of Sky Ventures and partner of ATF Capital.
—Sky Wee, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Kirk had built Turning Point USA into one of the country’s largest political organizations since founding it at age 18 in 2012.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
The area around the stadium will be named Maybelle Blair Park after the IWBC founding director emeritus and a former pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
The hires follow the departure of founding partner José Lamali earlier this year.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founding
Verb
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Union leaders cautiously welcomed the apology, viewing it as a necessary step in establishing trust between Mamdani and law enforcement—a group historically skeptical of his platform.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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With the help of the courts, these governments disfranchised Black voters, establishing poll taxes, literacy tests, understanding clauses, and other measures to effectively deny them the vote.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Deep, who was previously president of Gamma Epsilon Delta, appears during an initiation ceremony and speaks to the pledges about the origin and pillars of the fraternity.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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After finding documents related to his father and his initiation as an agent, Nicky travels to find Bourne but accidentally alerts Cyber Ops specialist Heather Lee (Alicia Vikander) and agency chief Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones) to the former agent’s location.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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One of the major findings is that a big threat is likely to come from small independent labs that go too far in pioneering AI systems.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Many might think that only savvy investors, pioneering founders, and rising CEOs become millionaires overnight—but employees are reaping seven-figure net worths from the successes of their companies, too.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Victor looks into his creation’s eyes and agrees.—
Thomas Page McBee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sainz and Williams initiating a right of review protest four days later revived my feeling that his penalty was an unsatisfactory outcome, regardless of the rules.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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The incursion, which saw multiple drones breach Polish airspace during a broader Russian assault on western Ukraine, prompted Poland to invoke NATO's Article 4, initiating emergency consultations among member states.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For Driscoll, hints of trouble began even before the inauguration, the lawsuit alleges.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps to make amends, Varadarajan said, Modi sent his foreign minister to Washington in January to angle for an invitation to the inauguration.—
Vaibhav Vats,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After launching in Europe, the Peel It Back Tour hit the States in early August, treating fans in Oakland, California, to a mix of hits and deep cuts that continue to define their legacy as a seminal force in industrial rock.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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And the disarming nature of someone like Jon Cryer starting this thing felt good to me rather than just launching right into the chaos.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Spanning technology, media, entertainment, cultural institutions and platforms, The Webby 30 highlights the organizations that helped define our digital lives, and in many cases, built the very infrastructure of modern culture online.—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Book said, students at each institution will immediately be able to take courses and pursue programs only available at the other school.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Founding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/founding. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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