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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The organization, which was founded specifically to challenge changes to Scotland’s Gender Recognition Act, reportedly received £70,000 (roughly $88,200) worth of donations from Rowling herself in 2024.
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Abby Monteil, Them., 27 May 2025
The League of Women Voters of Arkansas, founded in 1920, does not endorse or oppose candidates or political parties.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
Merlin founded the Perpetual Path Foundation, whose goal is to create quality financial education content for students.
—William Jones, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Linklater founded the Austin Film Society in 1985, a nonprofit dedicated to helping support filmmakers and their projects.
—Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 15 May 2025
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Abby Monteil, Them., 27 May 2025
The League of Women Voters of Arkansas, founded in 1920, does not endorse or oppose candidates or political parties.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
Merlin founded the Perpetual Path Foundation, whose goal is to create quality financial education content for students.
—William Jones, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Linklater founded the Austin Film Society in 1985, a nonprofit dedicated to helping support filmmakers and their projects.
—Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 15 May 2025
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In spite of his ability to carry the ball forward — a point of difference from his fellow midfielders — Willock has never quite established himself as integral, at least in part because of his struggles with injury.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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The science transparency rule in the first Trump administration was intended to limit the EPA’s ability to consider epidemiologic studies like those that established the health harms from exposure to secondhand smoke and to PM2.5, fine particles often from pollution.—
H. Christopher Frey,
The Conversation,
5 June 2025
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El Salvador is still pioneering with its regulation around bitcoin, digital assets, and real-world assets, and if Panama finally enacts its own law and plan, other neighboring countries could feel compelled to do so.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Google pioneered and popularized AI features in its Pixel phones.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
30 May 2025
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At his father’s funeral in 1957, he was introduced to Francois Truffaut, and the French legend hired him to write and direct one of the five segments in Love at Twenty (1962).—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
26 May 2025
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By introducing two obligatory pit stops, so the thinking went, teams would have to get creative with their strategy and liven up an event that has often felt too predictable of late.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Defense created easy offense and in the halfcourt, the ball skipped around.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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Ronaldo’s post on social media on Monday, when Al Nassr played the final match of their season, then created more conversation.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Anthony Devlin/Press Association via AP What To Know The recall was initiated by Publix on May 9 and was classified by the FDA on June 3.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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Since it was initiated five months ago, the prescribed fire has burned 130 acres of private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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Today's results mirrored those of Starship Flight 7, which launched on Jan. 16.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
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The suit, filed Friday, comes just three days after NPR launched a similar legal challenge on behalf of its radio network.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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