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Recent Examples of originator In a highly fragmented industry, Rocket has steadily gained market share and is now the No. 1 originator of mortgages in the United States. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 May 2025 Under his leadership, UKTV transformed from lifestyle originator to multi-genre commissioning powerhouse, nearly tripling spend and programming hours. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2025 Today, they’re considered all-time greats, geniuses of melody and tension and originators of the diffident, philosophical mode that came to dominate American guitar rock in the new century. Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025 On its current trajectory, the surest promise that generative AI offers is not creating new originators, but massively scaling up the production of derivative art. Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for originator
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Noun
  • Among them is Frank Binder, founder and chairman of the Ulyssia project.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 19 July 2025
  • Zakiya Larry Wolfe, founder and CEO of Quest Media Group, told me in an email interview.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Caught sketching dresses in her Ancient Greek class, the professor suggested Rogge become a designer. 2002 - 2004 Read law at Université Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 15 July 2025
  • On Saturday, The Wall Street Journal reported that another Musk venture, rocket designer and launcher SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in xAI, citing investors close to the company.
    Ruxandra Iordache,Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Pro wrestling content creator Joey Karni pointed out Naomi’s cross-promotional championship record.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • On TikTok, content creators are sharing videos that have racked up millions of views in recent months, complaining of nausea from taking trips in electric vehicles (EVs).
    Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • From the photo of herself as an adolescent on the cover to the numerous parallels between the biographies of character and author, Ullmann invites her readers to interpret these texts as based on life.
    Nadja Spiegelman, New York Times, 23 July 2025
  • Alice Randall, a renowned country songwriter and author, recently discussed the deep connection between country music and Black history at Fisk University.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • My father never got to speak for himself because his health robbed him of that chance.
    Rance Collins, IndieWire, 20 July 2025
  • Over the two decades that Al-Waleed was in a coma, his father opted to keep him on life support and often shared social media footage of himself and other family members praying for his son's recovery.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 20 July 2025

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“Originator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/originator. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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