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or institutor
as in founder
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
Eli Whitney is known as the instituter of the American system of manufacture on account of his pioneering concept of the mass production of interchangeable parts
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View Comments Since last Thursday’s announcement, Wine.com sales have been split 72% imported and 28% domestic, compared to last year’s average of 60% and 40%, said founder Michael Osborn.—
Natasha Chen,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025 -
The first step is to regulate your body, Akua K. Boateng, PhD, an individual and couples therapist and founder of Boateng Consulting, tells SELF.—
Carolyn L. Todd,
SELF,
21 Mar. 2025
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Back in October 2008, the Saturday Night Live gang was eating dinner at one of creator Lorne Michaels' regular restaurants, Lattanzi, to toast the week's host, Jon Hamm, before heading back to the office to crank out the week's script.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Several high-profile creators have also joined her effort, including Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner and noted cinematographer and The Handmaid’s Tale director Reed Morano.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Mar. 2025
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Saritha and the boy’s father divorced in 2018, and after, Saritha moved out of state.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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The bodies of the daughter and father were pulled from the ruins of their home while doctors unsuccessfully fought for the mother’s life for more than 10 hours, Fedorov wrote on the Telegram messaging app.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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An earlier book by Cook, Tommy’s Honor, about old Tom Morris and young Tom Morris, considered the founding father and son of golf, had a film adaptation that won Scotland’s BAFTA as the best feature film of 2016.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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In the ’90s, Ronald Reagan said that the Contras [the right-wing militias that waged guerilla warfare against the Marxist governments] were the equivalent of the American founding fathers.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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