as in founder
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
the famed inaugurator of the assembly line in the production of automobiles
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Noun
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After celebrating Thrive Art District’s ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month, brothers Jonathan and Abraham Fish, Thrive ‘s co-founders and developers, said the idea was to bring something different to Fort Lauderdale.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Conceived by Scott Sartiano, founder of Manhattan’s private members’ club Zero Bond, the restaurant naturally inherits that sense of insider allure.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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There is a small but growing trend of content creators launching congressional campaigns.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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The video shows the creator eating eggs, sausage and other buffet items at an unnamed location.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
22 Mar. 2026
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Decisions are made for him by his father (iconic horror director David Cronenberg) and his sister.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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The younger Khamenei has not made a public appearance since his father was killed in the war's opening salvos during which he reportedly was also wounded.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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What of the author who never learns to write, the computer programmer who never learns to code, or the artist who never learns to draw?—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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One of the neatest solutions to the problem of siblings for an author, and one that has special appeal for those who have them in real life, is to avoid them altogether—to write them out of existence.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Founded by Thomas Edison, the American inventor of the electric lightbulb, the company was long an orphan in the GE corporate portfolio, kept more for sentimental reasons, some analysts believed, than commercial ones.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Most eFoil riders stand with their feet as the only two points of contact, but Canadian inventor Jerry McArthur – who came up through motocross and snowmobiles, not surf culture – thought that keeping your hands free meant leaving stability on the table.—
Omar Kardoudi
March 11,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Inaugurator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaugurator. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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