founding member

noun

: an original member of a group (such as a club or corporation)

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The festival kicks off April 17 at Berkeley’s Hillside Club with a free concert featuring public school students from Oakland, Berkeley and Piedmont who study choro with reed player Zack Pitt-Smith (a founding member of another excellent East Bay Brazilian music combo, Grupo Falso Baiano). Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025 Nevins was a founding member of the L.A. synagogue IKAR, a co-founder of Larchmont Charter School and a member of the Southern California board of UNICEF’s U.S. Fund. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Belgium, a founding member, averaged 4.4 percent of GDP spend on defense from 1975 to 1979, but by 1990 to 1994 was earmarking just around 1 percent of GDP for defense. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025 Maine is also a founding member of Young Money APAA Sports Agency, which recently signed 2024 Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter. Katcy Stephan, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for founding member

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“Founding member.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/founding%20member. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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