- present tense form of founder (3rd person singular).
founders
Example Sentences
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“Most of the time, founders run the business until they can’t work anymore. Less than 10% are thinking about succession planning,” Lee said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Given Central City’s post-pandemic troubles, amid a boom in dance music across culture more broadly, Origin’s founders hope the scene can do it again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Across Silicon Valley, startup founders like Ibarra are enjoying a wave of computing credits and fielding competing offers from AI-model makers racing to land new enterprise customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The road ahead is still uncertain as Iran buries the last of the first-generation founders of its 1979 revolution.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Among the men put with us was George Peake, one of the founders of the South African Coloured People’s Organization, a Treason Trialist, and most recently a member of the Cape Town City Council.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
