as in founders
a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor
although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true
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Recent Examples of creators
Abundantia stressed the philosophy of Abundantia aiOn would be ‘Human First, AI Empowered’, with an aim to explore how artificial intelligence can empower creators and act as a creative accelerator.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
These creators — many of whom sell their own workbooks and classes on how to game the KDP system — take public domain classic literature and use AI to add summaries and discussion questions before relisting them on the site with a new cover.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
In the season four premiere of Mayor of Kingstown, co-creators/writers Hugh Dillon and Taylor Sheridan waste no time smacking viewers with a sense of doom and gloom.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Plans feature no data caps on most home internet options, and fiber uploads are among the fastest available for remote workers and creators.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Winners were selected by panels of experienced creators and industry professionals.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
The irony is that the law was supposed to protect creators.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The content creators were first inspired to make YouTube videos in 2019 by their son, who’d been experiencing a speech delay.
—Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
The evening drew Hollywood’s established and emerging talent alongside Los Angeles‘ top content creators, including Tracee Ellis Ross, Lakeith Stanfield, Adrien Brody, Maude Apatow, Madelaine Petsch, Ava Phillippe, Alexandra Shipp, Jurnee Smollett, Ashley Benson, Emma Brooks and Aimee Song.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
These creators — many of whom sell their own workbooks and classes on how to game the KDP system — take public domain classic literature and use AI to add summaries and discussion questions before relisting them on the site with a new cover.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
In the season four premiere of Mayor of Kingstown, co-creators/writers Hugh Dillon and Taylor Sheridan waste no time smacking viewers with a sense of doom and gloom.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Plans feature no data caps on most home internet options, and fiber uploads are among the fastest available for remote workers and creators.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Winners were selected by panels of experienced creators and industry professionals.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
The irony is that the law was supposed to protect creators.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The content creators were first inspired to make YouTube videos in 2019 by their son, who’d been experiencing a speech delay.
—Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
The evening drew Hollywood’s established and emerging talent alongside Los Angeles‘ top content creators, including Tracee Ellis Ross, Lakeith Stanfield, Adrien Brody, Maude Apatow, Madelaine Petsch, Ava Phillippe, Alexandra Shipp, Jurnee Smollett, Ashley Benson, Emma Brooks and Aimee Song.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creators
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During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Facebook offered some $114 billion for the photo-sharing app, divided between its two co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, as well as investors and less than a dozen employees.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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The study authors looked at 13 samples and found no traces of typhus, but their work does not discredit the findings of the 2006 study, the researchers noted.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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As this heatwave persisted, the authors tracked the health of 52,356 wild and restored Acropora coral colonies across the 350-mile length of Florida's coral reef.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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This Nobel Prize is therefore a tribute to the three inventors of superconducting quantum circuits, whose inquisitive minds, broad visions and adventurous attitudes represent the true scientific spirit and will continue to inspire future generations.—
Zhixin Wang,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
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This wasn’t enough for the inventors.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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The new season, which marks the first under iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network, will go beyond the original premise of interviewing famous fathers.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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What YouTube and these social platforms have done is allow people to create entire media groups speaking to very particular communities—to South Asian women or, say, gay fathers over forty.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The plan represents a departure for Europe’s top satellite makers, which have traditionally focused on large, complex spacecraft in high orbits, but the industry has been disrupted by Starlink’s small, relatively cheap, low-orbit machines.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Other times, companies with new entertainment products would pursue the costume makers at licensing shows or the annual North American Toy Fair.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Creators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creators. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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