originator
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Soboroff asked the mayor if he’d met the originator of the phrase.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
Smith co-founded mortgage originator First National Financial in 1988.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Panda Express, the originator of the orange chicken, operates more than 500 locations in California, including 30 in Riverside County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
The originator of the concept, Snapchat, started out as a simple photo-sharing app that promised to consign your private visual messages after just a few seconds each.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2024
The originator of the scream was a teacher standing in the quad in the middle of campus.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
“There seems to be a ceiling on mortgage rates, even in this volatile environment, because transactions remain low and mortgage originators must price loans competitively to attract borrowers,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The originators of other leading Cambodian lenders that have since been commercialized include Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services and the Québec-arm of Oxfam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Rocket, one of the largest U.S. mortgage originators, entered the listings space in earnest with its purchase of Redfin, a brokerage and listings portal, in 2025.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
The Wellermen were the originators of the sea shanty trend on TikTok, with their versions of Misty Mountain, Nancy Mulligan and Hoist the Colours racking up billions of views.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
It was easy to understand why originators like Option One and New Century preferred to make these sorts of loans: After two years the borrowers either defaulted or, if their home price had risen, refinanced.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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