How to Use donor in a Sentence

donor

noun
  • She is one of the charity's major donors.
  • The money was raised from individual donors.
  • The teams sought out donors for each turnover the Batesville and Milan teams forced.
    The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
  • This means that their stem cells are used rather than donor cells.
    Sarah Hudgens, Health, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The eight donor centers are open for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2023
  • The donor, who remains anonymous, wrote a $1,000 check.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Failing to pay donors has killed a whole lot of people.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
  • His prognosis is good, Dr. Singh says – the donor heart should last for more than 25 years.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The whiz kid at the center of the FTX collapse has been a big-time Democratic donor.
    John Fund, National Review, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The other fund, the Rudy Giuliani Freedom Fund, does not disclose the donors or the amount raised.
    Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 1 May 2024
  • Among this group of donors are CEOs, lawyers and racehorse owners.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The United States was, by far, the largest donor, giving $7.2 billion.
    Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Goodwill’s New Lives Campaign struck a chord with donors and thrifters.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Any money left over when the donor passes away goes to the charity.
    Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The donors’ backlash has become a serious PR headache for the schools.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Please keep the prayers coming for Scot, the surgeons, for the donor and his family who lost their loved one.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Elon Musk became one of the largest donors of the entire 2024 election cycle in just three months.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The United Nations has called for donors to help rebuild Jenin.
    Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
  • The anonymous donor wanted to make sure the phrase wasn’t monetized for the wrong reasons.
    Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Bush is not the only big-time donor to Mealer's campaign with roots in the small West Texas town of Midland.
    Michael Murney, Chron, 1 Nov. 2022
  • If an organ donor’s brain was dead, their organs were fair game.
    Esther Landhuis, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2022
  • So anytime more people are able to enter the donor pool safely, that is a good thing.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • The argument that is used is that most of those donor cats are coming from shelters.
    Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 6 June 2023
  • Not all women will qualify as a freeze-and-share donor.
    Kristine Thomason, Women's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Big donors have pulled out, leaving the party nearly broke.
    Monica Potts, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The Lebanese Red Cross has provided more than 200 units of blood for the wounded; blood banks were flooded with donors.
    Justin Salhani / Beirut, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The idea was to wipe out the bone marrow from which immune cells arise, then replace it with new marrow from a donor.
    Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • What’s the better deal, doing QCDs a little at a time or using Nvidia shares to set up a donor fund?
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Jeffrey Katzenberg, the co-founder of DreamWorks and co-chair of Harris’ campaign, was among the donors present.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The blood transfusion could cause brain bleeding, the ventilator trial could set her back, and the donor milk could under-nourish her.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024

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