as in to donate
to make a present of
trained tax consultants who volunteer their services at tax time
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as in voluntary
done, made, or given with one's own free will
volunteer work at the hospital
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Recent Examples of volunteer
Michael Serazio, Time, 28 May 2025
For the most part, open-source projects weren’t evenly distributed across teams of volunteers; they were managed by at most a few individuals, who spent the bulk of their waking hours in abject thrall to a user-complaint queue.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 26 May 2025
The biggest Medicaid savings in the bill would come from new eligibility requirements for childless adults ages 19 to 64, who would have to work, go to school or volunteer for 80 hours a month to stay on the rolls.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 25 May 2025
Dylan Slagle, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
Glauner noted that Fire Station 1, at 4383 Center Road, was built in 1960 with additional bays installed in the 1970s, at a time when the department was all-volunteer.
—Brian Lisik, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2022
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Noun
This includes the experiential learning that accompanies volunteer service, immersing students, three-dimensionally, in the lives and worlds of society’s marginalized.
—Michael Serazio, Time, 28 May 2025
For the most part, open-source projects weren’t evenly distributed across teams of volunteers; they were managed by at most a few individuals, who spent the bulk of their waking hours in abject thrall to a user-complaint queue.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
Verb
Kennedy has been volunteering with the Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community for more than a year.
—Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 26 May 2025
The biggest Medicaid savings in the bill would come from new eligibility requirements for childless adults ages 19 to 64, who would have to work, go to school or volunteer for 80 hours a month to stay on the rolls.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 25 May 2025
Adjective
The fire company is the only one in Carroll County that is completely volunteer run, with no career fire personnel.
—Dylan Slagle, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
Glauner noted that Fire Station 1, at 4383 Center Road, was built in 1960 with additional bays installed in the 1970s, at a time when the department was all-volunteer.
—Brian Lisik, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volunteer
Verb
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All proceeds will be donated to the Roger Federer Foundation.—
Alexandra Pastore,
Footwear News,
26 May 2025
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Los Angeles has the highest number of homeless veterans in the country — which is surprising, since it's also got a massive, 388-acre Veterans Affairs campus that was donated in 1888 as a soldiers' home.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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These are also voluntary workouts, so no need to sound an alarm just yet.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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The drills are still meant to be non-contact during the voluntary sessions.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
Verb
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But there are few substitutes for availability, and no player has given more to Spurs this season than Porro.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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In the first instance, Annapolis needs to give Baltimore City full control over its own tax rates.—
Daniel Brennan,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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For now the Bears seem willing to let the noise continue into June.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Too bad, but anyway plot and plausibility are far less important than the experiential qualities Resurrection offers those willing to accept its fairy tale-like pitch.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
Verb
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Members who are able to earn money - from selling fish, from growing vegetables - contribute regularly.—
Viola Kosome,
NPR,
1 June 2025
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More than a dozen San Diego County residents are being accused of contributing to the damage from last year’s flooding — most of them by the city of San Diego, and now another two by an East County school district.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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“Volunteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteer. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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