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noun

as in initiation

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verb

present participle of found
as in establishing
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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Recent Examples of founding
Noun
The leading causes of death have changed dramatically since America's founding 250 years ago, highlighting how far medicine has come. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 Dickinson and his wife, Mary, were the namesakes for the first college — based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania — chartered after the founding of the United States. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 In my view, an especially helpful approach to answering such questions is to revisit the towering but neglected influence of the French philosopher Montesquieu on the founding of this country. — Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 For Native Americans like the Ohlone, who watched that first mass that turned out to be the founding of San Francisco, 1776 was the first of many increasingly bad years. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 For Native American tribes in the United States, navigating the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding is complex. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026 The stage in question was newly erected on the White House lawn for the Freedom 250 celebration, planned to commemorate the semiquincentennial of America's founding. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026 That was certainly true of his illuminating and nuanced The American Revolution, the 12-hour documentary series that presented the nation’s founding years in varying degrees of context, and through an array of points of view. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 2 July 2026 The United States defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 to advance to the next stage of the FIFA World Cup just days before the Fourth of July and the United States’ 250th anniversary of its founding. — Laura A. Oda, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Verb
The suit involved not only the church but founding Pastor Robert Morris and former elder Steve Dulin. — Giles Hudson, CBS News, 24 June 2026 This recognition contradicted almost two centuries of Colonial practice, making it among the most radical achievements of the founding era. — Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 However, one lasting lesson from our founding document is that durable systems require both stability and adaptability. — Ashok N. Srivastava, Fortune, 3 July 2026 Robert Davi Robert Davi has often spoken about his appreciation for America and its founding principles. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 America, whose Constitution was formulated by white men, struggled to live up to its founding ideals in the days of slavery and displacement of Native Americans. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 3 July 2026 There is a Liberty Bell, a gift from King Louis XV of France, that predates the larger and more famous one in Philadelphia, and there’s an American story that predates America’s founding 250 years ago. — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 To mark the occasion of America’s centennial, the people of Taunton, Massachusetts, invited James Russell Lowell—distinguished poet, founding editor of The Atlantic—to compose and read an ode for the Fourth of July. — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 Reuters Calling on America to recommit itself to its founding principles of unity and peace at home and abroad, Pope Leo XIV accepted the Liberty Medal on Friday during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for founding
  1. initiation
  2. establishing
  3. creation
  4. pioneering
  5. institution
  6. initiating
  7. inauguration
  8. launching
Noun
  • Ada’s overlapping cycles of initiation and desperation are intensely dramatic, but the movie’s hectic pace leaves each of them merely encapsulated in brief onscreen action or a few lines of dialogue, left undeveloped.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • Of the clubs opening in the past five years, membership fees range from around $3,000 to $15,000 a year, Hobbs said, noting that many charge initiation fees between $1,000 and a gobsmacking $200,000.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Definition of initiation
Verb
  • The former second-round pick is suddenly one of the Lakers’ primary summer league players and hopes to use the experience as an important stepping stone, building up his game while also establishing a leadership voice.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of establishing
Noun
  • When Blazy’s first Chanel creations began arriving at stores across Paris in March, the shirt developed in partnership with Charvet, priced at €3,900, sold out instantly.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
Definition of creation
Verb
  • The triumph of their pioneering climb, however, was overshadowed by the pair’s disastrous descent.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • His pioneering work on the colonial bar portrays a profession living through extraordinary uncertainty.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of pioneering
Noun
  • Casa Bonita has been a Denver institution for more than 50 years.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • The surge also did considerable damage to the buildings within the surge zone, 85% of which were residential buildings, according to New York University's Furman Center, an empirical research institution.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of institution
Verb
  • Goldman Sachs reinforced that view this week, initiating coverage with a buy rating and a $186 price target.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • In court documents, O’Hara alleged the defendants violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, accusing them of unlawfully restricting free speech and initiating an unlawful seizure while using excessive force.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of initiating
Noun
  • Meloni was reportedly the sole European leader to receive an invitation to Trump’s January 2025 inauguration.
    — Sophia Mandt, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026
  • Its flags hung at President Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration and draped his casket.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Definition of inauguration
Verb
  • Another witness said Lopez stood up twice as the aircraft began descending into Las Vegas, went to the restroom, then returned to his seat before suddenly launching the attack.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Ahead of launching its first-ever foldable device, Apple has already secured components for about 80 million smartphones spread across new models for the second half of 2026, according to Nikkei Asia.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Definition of launching

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