founder
noun
a person who founds or establishes something, as a company or institution.
foundering
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present participleof founder.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The commitments from senior management and an influential figure like Ma, who is no longer on the company’s board, helped to shore up Alibaba’s foundering share price.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
But by the time Polanco became a free agent last winter, his career was foundering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
The unusually large, half-point rate reduction is expected to be the first in a series of cuts, aimed at helping keep the economy and the labor market from foundering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
What’s more, in the Spy magazine era, Mr. Trump was just a local nuisance, a braggart presiding over a foundering casino-hotel empire.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
The dragon snarled, then growled, “They are all foundering, just as you were.”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
