as in founders
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism
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Recent Examples of founding fathers
In Episode 3, Harris discussed the early arrogance of the founding fathers who made proposals for America's independence and questioned who was entitled to freedom.
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Kalia Richardson,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Or maybe the real problem is that the very notion of a handout goes against the principles our founding fathers loved to mansplain.
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Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
22 June 2026
According to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the project will include 250 life-sized statues of public figures including the founding fathers, musician Johnny Cash, chef Julia Child, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and boxer Muhammad Ali.
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Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
This is what the founding fathers envisioned all those years ago.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Really, people, is this what our founding fathers envisioned for our 250th anniversary at the People’s House?
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 June 2026
The beer company is launching the Brewer Patriot Collection, a lineup of four distinct beers each inspired by one of the founding fathers.
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Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
Its goal is to undo the founding fathers' vision of India as a secular country, home to people with many faiths.
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Rob Schmitz,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
Thanks to the brilliance of our founding fathers, there are some areas where governments are strictly limited in their ability to consider trade-offs.
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Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
Kalia Richardson,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Or maybe the real problem is that the very notion of a handout goes against the principles our founding fathers loved to mansplain.
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Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
22 June 2026
According to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the project will include 250 life-sized statues of public figures including the founding fathers, musician Johnny Cash, chef Julia Child, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and boxer Muhammad Ali.
—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
This is what the founding fathers envisioned all those years ago.
—
Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Really, people, is this what our founding fathers envisioned for our 250th anniversary at the People’s House?
—
Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 June 2026
The beer company is launching the Brewer Patriot Collection, a lineup of four distinct beers each inspired by one of the founding fathers.
—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
Its goal is to undo the founding fathers' vision of India as a secular country, home to people with many faiths.
—
Rob Schmitz,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
Thanks to the brilliance of our founding fathers, there are some areas where governments are strictly limited in their ability to consider trade-offs.
—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founding fathers
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One of the two co-founders of the political group is Chris Stewart, Maloy’s predecessor in Congress.
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Aardman co-founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton, the company’s star director Nick Park and Executive Creative Director Sarah Cox hit the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Sunday for a masterclass celebrating the studio’s 50th anniversary.
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Much credit goes to creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, who somehow spun what could have been a one-note character into a scene-stealing fan favorite capable of carrying his own show.
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The new label will focus on service work to support clients and creators in bringing projects that target older audiences to fruition.
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While some of the wives wouldn’t bother coming to games every Sunday, Michel said, many of the children saw the Feeney fathers as proper heroes.
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The play, which was a finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, follows three adult children who meet to settle their fathers’ estate, and, in the process, discover secrets about their parents’ lives.
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Immediate, basinwide water cuts that are unprecedented in size are the only way to prepare for the potential of a relatively dry winter, the authors wrote in the analysis.
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Forsythe, Neumann and Nelson would later be among the 19 co-authors of the 2008 paper.
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