as in to establish
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
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While professional success is a founding element of the Gobundance community, the group exists to improve throughout all areas of life.
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Kody Boye, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The Junior Invitational, founded in 2011, features 36 boys and 24 girls competing.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
This particular narrative arc started in 2014, when Markle founded her lifestyle blog The Tig.
—Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The result is more efficient cybersecurity solutions (which is a high priority across all industries at the moment) and has already attracted $192 million in funding since the company was founded in 2020.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Kody Boye, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The Junior Invitational, founded in 2011, features 36 boys and 24 girls competing.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
This particular narrative arc started in 2014, when Markle founded her lifestyle blog The Tig.
—Alanna Bennett, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2025
The result is more efficient cybersecurity solutions (which is a high priority across all industries at the moment) and has already attracted $192 million in funding since the company was founded in 2020.
—Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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What things like weekly releases, time slots, and appointment television do is establish a habit.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Coogler established himself, with Creed and his two Black Panthermovies, as a filmmaker with propulsive, novel takes on franchise fare.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
18 Apr. 2025
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The two surgeons who founded it had pioneered techniques that used a woman’s own body tissue to form new breasts post mastectomy.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
12 Apr. 2025
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In Weekend 2 Take epigenetic reprogramming, a field pioneered by Harvard scientists, which aims to restore youthful function to aging cells.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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To that end, the show creators introduced Catherine O’Hara as Joel’s therapist Gail in the first episode of Season 2.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the finale, a knock at the door introduces us to a stranger played by Niko Nicotera, who claims to be Alfie's father.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Businesses are wary of making those investments, citing uncertainty in operating conditions initiated by Trump’s tariff push, which has been rolled out in fits and starts.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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The recall, initiated by Blooming Import Inc. in Brooklyn, New York, affects 74 cases of Golden Crop Candy, which included the dyes Blue 1, Red 40 and Acid Red 18, which were not listed on the product label.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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In recent years, films that were launched at Cannes have increasingly found themselves in the Oscar hunt.—
Eric Henderson,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Since it was launched by former President George W. Bush in 2003, PEPFAR has saved 25 million lives globally, supported 7 million orphans and vulnerable children, and enabled 5.5 million babies to be born HIV-free, according to the U.S. State Department.—
Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen Akambase,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Found.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/found. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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