as in donator
one that helps another with gifts or money
a list of donors in the charitable foundation's annual report
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Recent Examples of donor
Producer, composer and songwriter David Foster advocates for a higher purpose: to support the families of critically ill children and highlight the call for organ donors.
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Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie beat Breed in the November election, with the help of donors such as Camilo Acosta, the head of a fund that invests in artificial intelligence, who cited the city’s crime as a business deterrent.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Dec. 2024
Privately, folks like O’Malley Dillon worked around the clock to calm skittish donors and activists.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Its nearly $900 million restoration, largely paid for by donations from a few Paris billionaires and some 340,000 other donors, many of them Americans, is just the latest example.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie beat Breed in the November election, with the help of donors such as Camilo Acosta, the head of a fund that invests in artificial intelligence, who cited the city’s crime as a business deterrent.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Dec. 2024
Privately, folks like O’Malley Dillon worked around the clock to calm skittish donors and activists.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Its nearly $900 million restoration, largely paid for by donations from a few Paris billionaires and some 340,000 other donors, many of them Americans, is just the latest example.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for donor
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The new group is actively looking for volunteers, members and donators, SAMENA Collective Membership Chairman Wali Qazizada said.Annika Bahnsen, Orange County Register, 19 July 2024
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As of Friday, donators had raised more than $7,500 to financially help the baby's parents.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
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Read the full Pisces Daily Horoscope Aries (March 21 - April 19) Unusual benefactors?USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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Though benefactor scandals were not unheard of, there’d never been a reckoning quite like this one.Mary Holland, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Despite having solid individual contributors, this team never gelled.Todd Boss, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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His patron, and his nemesis, is the Philadelphia blueblood industrialist played by Guy Pearce.Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2024
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The rebels have Damascus in their sights, and the ability of Assad's forces to repel them — with their patrons Russia and Iran bogged down by other conflicts — suddenly seems uncertain.Ivana Saric, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Donor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donor. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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