How to Use originator in a Sentence

originator

noun
  • But those are the originators of the form.
    — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The originators of memecoins can make fees when their coins are bought and sold.
    — Mackenzie Sigalos,kevin Collier, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The originators are counting on low voter turnout to push it through.
    — Cquinn, cleveland, 15 July 2023
  • Both families now run rival chains and claim to be the true originators of the dish.
    — The Week Uk, theweek, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But the trick outlived its originator.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • Despite the originator of the story changing with the two projects, the work remained the same.
    — Scott King, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Being able to represent that, from the islands and from the originators of ohana, is great.
    — Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Tom is one of the most exciting originators in the industry.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Japan was perhaps the earliest originator of this trend, with cats overtaking dogs a decade ago.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
  • While not named, the originator of gonzo journalism loomed over the production.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Allen Iverson is an originator of tunnel looks before they were referred to as such.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 3 Sep. 2024
  • And that’s when Tom realized his own grandmother was not the originator of the beloved dessert.
    — Betsy Cribb, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2020
  • As an aside, mortgage loan originators can have their compensation clawed back by the lender if the mortgage pays off in less than six months.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Patti Tullar is credited as the originator of this pie.
    — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Critics, and even the idea’s originators, question its value.
    — Laura Newberrystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Rappers like Drake and Travis Scott have paid tribute to the originator in song.
    — Chris O'Connell, Chron, 15 May 2022
  • Figure offers a marketplace for home equity loan originators to sell those loans on the blockchain.
    — Julie Goldenberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Olaplex is recognized as the originator of bond-building technology, and spawned dozens of dupes in the process.
    — James Manso, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Invest Detroit will serve as loan originator, according to the news relsease.
    — Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022
  • When this happens, the originator of the plant will receive royalties from the other growers.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Known as an originator of hardcore wrestling, Sabu often leapt from chairs and threw his opponents through tables and barbed wire.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
  • If nothing else, the club will forever have a place in show-business history as the originator of the celebrity roast.
    — Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Soderbergh has always thought of himself as more of a synthesist than an originator, more of a collage artist than a bonafide auteur.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
  • As a teen in Detroit, an originator of a dark hip-hop subgenre left an imprint on the music industry.
    — Annalise Frank, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Now, Palahniuk, originator of the characters and story, has weighed in with his own response.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Patti Tullar is the originator.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • There can be little doubt that the Authentic is the most famous shoe of its style today, but that isn’t the same as being the originator.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
  • This is the originator that’s still innovating.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Neither is China, the originator of the virus, for the opposite reason.
    — The New York Daily News, Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Generally, good work has one author, one true originator, and the rest of us are functions of what that person wants and needs in order to be great and to make great art.
    — Benjamin Wallace, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2021

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