instituters

noun

variants or institutors
plural of instituter
as in creators
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor Eli Whitney is known as the instituter of the American system of manufacture on account of his pioneering concept of the mass production of interchangeable parts

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  1. creators
  2. founders
  3. fathers
  4. authors
Noun
  • For creators pitching Amazon, the executives stressed conviction over quantity.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • But while the creators of AI strive to set guardrails, the building of the infrastructure for the technology continues.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of creators
Noun
  • DataSnipper’s founders brought her in as CEO themselves in June 2023.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Created by founders Julian Hakim and Aram Baloyan, who grew up in the border region, the first Taco Stand opened in La Jolla, California in 2013.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of founders
Noun
  • That was in part to force the fathers to pay child maintenance, thus saving taxpayers’ money, but also supposedly to save the souls of both parents.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • To offset these kinds of social pressures, countries like Japan and Austria offer incentives such as bonus leave time for families when fathers actually take their available leave.
    — Megan Kuykendoll, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of fathers
Noun
  • The authors were explicit that the core barrier was not model quality, infrastructure, talent or regulation.
    — Abhishek Yadav, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Stanford authors say their findings are descriptive patterns, not causal estimates, and the gaps shrink when education is accounted for.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of authors
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