- present tense form of founder (3rd person singular).
founders
Example Sentences
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With DTLA’s post-pandemic troubles amid a boom in dance music, Origin’s founders hope the scene can help again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
For the founders of an award-winning community compost business, it's a no-brainer that the second answer is the correct one.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Investor-appointed directors, founders and engineers won’t unleash technology likely to kill their own families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In 2000 the ice-cream maker’s founders sold their company to Unilever after it agreed to an arrangement preventing the company from running its subsidiary solely for profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
From the Pilgrims to the founders of the United States and continuing to the present day, the idea of a covenant involving people and God has persisted.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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