variants
or institutor
as in founder
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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Watkins, founder of the YBMen Project which provides young Black men with a safe place to discuss their mental health, manhood and social support, said studies show that 10% of Black adults experience moderate to severe depression, while 18% experience anxiety disorders.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Physicist, engineer, and founder and CEO of Terraform Industries, a company scaling technology to produce cheap natural gas with sunlight and air with gigascale atmospheric hydrocarbon synthesis.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
21 Apr. 2026
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Beef Season 2 tackles everything from healthcare inequity to class dynamics and diaspora identity, and a majority of it was inspired by real-life events, creator Lee Sung Jin said.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026
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More recently, Higher Ground has been setting up projects outside of Netflix, including the HBO sketch comedy series Life Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness, from creator Larry David and Jeff Schaffer, which premieres in June.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2026
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Neither could Kendall, who had spent happy teenage years there with his father, stepmother, and brothers—and was still launching his boat from a dock on the property to work his oyster beds.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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Augustine, a bishop in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, is the spiritual father of the Augustinian order of which the pontiff is a member and former leader.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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It’s understood that there’s nothing more difficult than being a successful editor, therapist, or author, even with a stash of pill bottles in a wicker basket beside an opulent floral arrangement.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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The authors who would defeat critics like Southey—who would at last elevate American literature on the international stage—came a few years later.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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In 1918, David Ben-Gurion – an early Zionist leader and widely regarded as Israel’s founding father – argued that Israel’s natural borders included parts of modern-day Syria, Egypt, the Arabian Gulf, and should also extend north to the Litani River in southern Lebanon.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Instituter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instituter. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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