How to Use originator in a Sentence

originator

noun
  • Despite the originator of the story changing with the two projects, the work remained the same.
    Scott King, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Chope Benavides and his wife, Lupe, the originator of the chile con queso recipe, took over in the 1940s.
    Maggie Hennessy, New York Times, 26 May 2023
  • Both families now run rival chains and claim to be the true originators of the dish.
    The Week Uk, theweek, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Rappers like Drake and Travis Scott have paid tribute to the originator in song.
    Chris O'Connell, Chron, 15 May 2022
  • The originators are counting on low voter turnout to push it through.
    Cquinn, cleveland, 15 July 2023
  • Halford: To get Priest and Sabbath, the originators of heavy metal, side by side?
    Richard Bienstock, Billboard, 17 July 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
  • But players agree on one thing: Lamar Stevens, known for his hard-nosed defense, toughness, and grit, was the originator.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
  • There is good news and bad news for big mortgage originators: The market is shrinking.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The originator of the sport, according to Ovid anyway, was Nestor, one of the Argonauts, who came up with the idea while being charged by the Calydonian boar.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Neither is China, the originator of the virus, for the opposite reason.
    The New York Daily News, Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2023
  • While not named, the originator of gonzo journalism loomed over the production.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
  • His legal theory, its own originator told him, was bound to lose 9-0 before the Supreme Court.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • Rema praised Gomez and the originators of Afrobeats, including Shala, in his speech.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 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
  • When this happens, the originator of the plant will receive royalties from the other growers.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Now, Palahniuk, originator of the characters and story, has weighed in with his own response.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Allen Iverson is an originator of tunnel looks before they were referred to as such.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Ferrell, a West Virginia native who flirts with bluegrass, brought the tune closer to the originator’s own twang, and added a high harmony part to the chorus that sent the song out of the sticks and into liftoff.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Grande is inheriting the role of Glinda from Broadway originator Kristin Chenoweth, who gave her a stamp of approval when the movie’s casting was announced in 2021.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The two-night concert series features the originators and innovators of the Latin music genre.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Invest Detroit will serve as loan originator, according to the news relsease.
    Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The originator of the transactions will bear the charge except for inward remittances, which will be borne by the recipient.
    Pk Senyo, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Like many large banks, JPMorgan Chase was once a major originator of student loans but decided to get out of that business in 2013.
    Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2023
  • So, who's the originator of social media's favorite sound?
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • Critics, and even the idea’s originators, question its value.
    Laura Newberrystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Steven Soderbergh, 2004) Steven Soderbergh has always thought of himself as more of a synthesist than an originator, more of a collage artist than a bonafide auteur.
    Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Each pin on the map includes the location, whether a county or specific manor or hotel, recipe and creative originator.
    Maria Eberhart, baltimoresun.com, 15 July 2021
  • The name Gigi Hunter may be unfamiliar to some but celebrities and fashion archivists alike know her work all too well, some even go as far as crowning her the originator of knitwear.
    Essence, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Frank Pepe is widely recognized as the originator of New Haven-style pizza and specifically the white clam pizza.
    Ali Slagle, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023

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