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
She’s married to the originator of the ideology in question, and so her stance is clear.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2024
Here's the kicker, though: Morgenstern’s Florinese version came before Baum wrote The Wizard of Oz, so in spite of the fact that he was the originator, he comes out just the other way around.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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
Specifically, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two massive government-sponsored mortgage buyers, are updating the credit-score models used for the loans they’ll accept from originators who lend to home buyers.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 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
As Britpop began to cohere into a recognizable genre and vision, Suede was canonized as its originators, only to be largely eclipsed as bands like Blur and Oasis came to define the movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
They already were short the stocks of mortgage originators and the home builders.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
