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John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
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Recent Examples of founding
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
Brent Daub is the senior founding partner of national law firm Gilson Daub and founder of the Daub Leadership Academy consultancy.
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Brent Daub,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Since Israel’s founding, members of the community who devoted themselves to Torah studies have been exempt from the nation’s compulsory military service.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2026
Even as the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence − a celebration of the founding of the world's oldest modern constitutional democracy − most Americans are mired in dissatisfaction with the nation's present and pessimism about its future.
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Comprised of more than 50 objects, including historical documents, photographs, clothing, and other artifacts, the exhibit traces the founding of the various Calumet area leagues that ultimately merged to become the LWVCA.
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Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Brent Leggs, formerly the executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, will become the National Trust’s eleventh president since its founding in 1949.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
The project is being released to coincide with the 250th anniversary of America’s founding.
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Marlow Stern,
Variety,
22 June 2026
The supernatural energy keeps escalating with each subsequent episode, eventually delving into the island’s early history and the town’s founding by one Richard Warren (Hamish Linklater).
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 June 2026
Giles Hudson,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
This recognition contradicted almost two centuries of Colonial practice, making it among the most radical achievements of the founding era.
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Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
As a concept, the trucks seem to be inspired by the Freedom Train of the 1976 bicentennial, which carried founding documents and other historical exhibits around the country.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
As fortunes move beyond their founding generation, advisers say successful transfers increasingly depend on preparing heirs for stewardship, not just structuring the assets themselves.
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Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
The Power of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ in Pop Culture When SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on Nickelodeon in 1999, television pop culture was changing dramatically, explains Robert Thompson, the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
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Liz Regalia,
Parents,
23 June 2026
Serapha Bio, which launched Tuesday to develop a one-and-done treatment for a liver and lung disease called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, or AATD, founding investors RA Capital and RTW Investments told STAT exclusively.
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Allison Deangelis,
STAT,
23 June 2026
Now that Jacob is marrying Abby, that wedding is a representation of all these founding families finally coming back together and being at peace with one another.
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Megan Vick,
Variety,
22 June 2026
That pipeline dried up after Brexit ended the free movement of labor, one of the bloc’s founding principals.
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Danica Kirka,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Noun
The same applies to Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who is set to speak on Wednesday, and the likes of Jeffrey Katzenberg, founding partner of investment firm WndrCo, and Alan Cumming, who were spotted around town, among other many other boldface names.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
Brent Daub is the senior founding partner of national law firm Gilson Daub and founder of the Daub Leadership Academy consultancy.
—
Brent Daub,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Since Israel’s founding, members of the community who devoted themselves to Torah studies have been exempt from the nation’s compulsory military service.
—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
23 June 2026
Even as the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence − a celebration of the founding of the world's oldest modern constitutional democracy − most Americans are mired in dissatisfaction with the nation's present and pessimism about its future.
—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Comprised of more than 50 objects, including historical documents, photographs, clothing, and other artifacts, the exhibit traces the founding of the various Calumet area leagues that ultimately merged to become the LWVCA.
—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Brent Leggs, formerly the executive director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, will become the National Trust’s eleventh president since its founding in 1949.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
The project is being released to coincide with the 250th anniversary of America’s founding.
—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
22 June 2026
The supernatural energy keeps escalating with each subsequent episode, eventually delving into the island’s early history and the town’s founding by one Richard Warren (Hamish Linklater).
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 June 2026
Verb
The suit involved not only the church but founding Pastor Robert Morris and former elder Steve Dulin.
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Giles Hudson,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
This recognition contradicted almost two centuries of Colonial practice, making it among the most radical achievements of the founding era.
—
Peter C. Mancall,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026
As a concept, the trucks seem to be inspired by the Freedom Train of the 1976 bicentennial, which carried founding documents and other historical exhibits around the country.
—
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
As fortunes move beyond their founding generation, advisers say successful transfers increasingly depend on preparing heirs for stewardship, not just structuring the assets themselves.
—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
23 June 2026
The Power of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ in Pop Culture When SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on Nickelodeon in 1999, television pop culture was changing dramatically, explains Robert Thompson, the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
—
Liz Regalia,
Parents,
23 June 2026
Serapha Bio, which launched Tuesday to develop a one-and-done treatment for a liver and lung disease called Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, or AATD, founding investors RA Capital and RTW Investments told STAT exclusively.
—
Allison Deangelis,
STAT,
23 June 2026
Now that Jacob is marrying Abby, that wedding is a representation of all these founding families finally coming back together and being at peace with one another.
—
Megan Vick,
Variety,
22 June 2026
That pipeline dried up after Brexit ended the free movement of labor, one of the bloc’s founding principals.
—
Danica Kirka,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founding
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Of the clubs opening in the past five years, membership fees range from around $3,000 to $15,000 a year, Hobbs said, noting that many charge initiation fees between $1,000 and a gobsmacking $200,000.
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SpaceX’s initiation into this club, along with forthcoming debuts from frontier software makers OpenAI and Anthropic, is forcing a rebrand of the club itself.
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Netanyahu said that Israel is allowing the Lebanese army to begin preparing to take control of territory, while the Israeli military is establishing two pilot zones.
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The Gateway space station planned for lunar orbit was also canceled in favor of a stronger focus on establishing a base on the moon's surface.
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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.
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Rather than simply changing how people communicate, access information, or complete transactions, AI increasingly contributes to analysis, synthesis, content creation, decision support, and problem solving.
Verb
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Cannes premieres from Romeria to Drunken Noodles to The Wave join witchy CAMP and State of Firsts, a documentary on Sarah McBride’s pioneering campaign to become the first transgender person elected to Congress, on the art house circuit.
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Tando exemplifies Africa's pioneering spirit in building real-world Bitcoin utility, bypassing traditional financial hurdles with low fees and no KYC.
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The nonpartisan aim, Lyons acknowledged, will require vigilance at an institution that has strong political associations.
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The crossover brings together two television institutions.
Verb
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Unlike a static application, an AI agent may interact across multiple systems dynamically, retrieve and process sensitive information and take actions without a human initiating each step.
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Atlanta Police Department Police say the three children ran away and were last seen in the area of First Avenue SW and Sixth Street SW before initiating their search.
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Bass, who served in Congress for more than a decade, was designated by then-President Biden to be part of his official delegation to attend the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama.
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Such designations are typically invoked for major events like presidential inaugurations or summits of world leaders and trigger a massive federal security response.
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Since launching his menswear brand in 2015, the Mexican American designer casts the same key models repeatedly, such as Shaid Anaya, who takes breaks from his regular job as a construction workers to walk his shows.
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After launching the reunion with a surprise show in Portland, Oregon, last night, Tucker and Sawyer have lined up an itinerary that includes shows at New York’s Bowery Ballroom and Chicago’s Empty Bottle.
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