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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Noun
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Shane Harris, the president and founder of the People’s Association of Justice Advocates, first proposed the renaming in 2022, weeks after Morrow’s death.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025 -
The founder of the Fall Fashion gala, Parker’s arrival is always the most anticipated of the evening.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Next Steps Post-Wayward, Martin has a stand-up tour in the offing and projects with Feel Good co-creator Joe Hampson in the works.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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With these awards, BAFTA also reasserts its interest in awarding video games and their creators, still a rarity in the usual awards space.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Morrow’s daughter, Cheryl, said her father’s work stemmed from his desire to uplift his community.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Davion and Donta King were there to honor their father, Anthony King, a transportation department employee who died in 2013.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Oct. 2025
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Mandato cited writings of several founding fathers, including John Adams, Daniel Webster and John Witherspoon, who argued the country's constitutional system cannot endure without a moral and religious population, and Christian principals are conducive to good citizenship.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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That’s the way the founding fathers intended it.—
Mark Waller,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Instituter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instituter. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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