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verb

past tense of donate

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Recent Examples of donated
Verb
Of the 48 kids living there, Blair donated gifts for 26. Keely Doll, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2024 More recently, the Grammy winner donated $5 million to relief funds in October to help victims of Hurricanes Helen and Milton, which decimated parts of the South. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024 The foundation also recently donated $1 million to the de Young Museum to acquire works by local artists. Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024 The hotel sells furniture it no longer wishes to use to employees, with the proceeds donated to charities including the Children’s Cancer Fund or the Stadsmission, a charity supporting the homeless. Heather Farmbrough, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Cold packs can be reused, donated to local food pantries, or drained into the trash. Sara Coughlin, SELF, 23 Dec. 2024 This wouldn’t be the first time that the Wicked star has donated to the organization. Anna Chan, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024 Other large companies, including Amazon and Meta Platforms, have also donated to the upcoming inauguration. Detroit Free Press and Reuters, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024 In 2014, Patterson also donated $1 million to bookstores, divvied up into prizes of $15,000 per store. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for donated
Adjective
  • Bing, for its part, went off the rails early on, prompting Microsoft to scale back both its personality and the number of questions users could ask it in a given conversation.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • At any given moment, 2 million to 10 million Ukrainians have been living in freezing temperatures without electricity.
    Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
Verb
  • As Bell struggled, Battle eventually took over down the stretch and contributed an improved level of play.
    Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Still contributed six points in five games despite difficult assignments.
    Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • While some of the nominees fall far afield from the norms—Hegseth, Gabbard, and RFK Jr. are the marquee names in that cohort, for sure—the bulk will face only nominal opposition from Democrats.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Of course, all the good deeds in the world can’t buy your way into heaven, but as a nominal Catholic, Biden may have been persuaded by the Pope to commute the sentences.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • So many of Italy’s traditional food festivals began not long after, when the emergence of culinary tourism and growing appreciation for local food traditions gave rise to new annual celebrations.
    John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Even Major League Baseball had a McDonald’s subplot this year, when Grimace became the lucky charm who (briefly) gave the Mets hope for a world championship and New Yorkers hope for a Subway Series (but then the Mets lost to the Dodgers in the playoffs, of course).
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Guardiola might be seen as an exception, but he is also presented as a model; the obsessiveness that has been central to his legend for the last decade and a half has created a blueprint for how a manager is supposed to be.
    Rory Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • For Phillips, the film presented a fun, new costume challenge.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • When approached by an undercover FBI informant posing as somebody ideologically aligned, Hassan, in a series of messages over a period of several months, provided detailed instructions on how to carry out a mass casualty event targeting Jews.
    The Editors, National Review, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The payment will be direct deposited into the bank account provided on the eligible person's 2023 tax return or mailed to the address of record.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024

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