founding fathers

plural of founding father

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of founding fathers In fact, Leticia was established by the Peruvian military in the 1800s and takes its name from the girlfriend of one of its founding fathers. John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025 More than a month after his death, Ozzy Osbourne’s music has largely slipped away from the Billboard charts following the headline-grabbing news that one of rock’s founding fathers had passed away. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 Building back Luke Bolander is a senior and one of the founding fathers of KU’s new Delta Upsilon chapter, which was reinstated in 2023 after a 2018 scandal where pledges were urinated on, spat on and hit repeatedly for coming forward with hazing reports, The Kansan wrote. Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2025 Jobs was one of the three founding fathers of Pixar Animation Studios, after having purchased the group from LucasFilm in 1986. Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founding fathers
Noun
  • 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
  • Providing financial tools and resources, such as credit lines and small business grants, tailored to female founders, particularly in the sports sector.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement The sweeping ban threatened to upend Facebook’s recent content monetization launch in Nepal, which could help Nepali creators earn money, and also threatened to impact other Nepali businesses that depend on social-media platforms.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The partnership has delivered tens of millions in sales while giving PacSun visibility into which products and creators deliver results.
    Jamie Gutfreund, Forbes.com, 9 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
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

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“Founding fathers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/founding%20fathers. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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