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
Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
Two hours after the news broke, Israeli volunteers in Hostage Square—the Tel Aviv plaza that has become a de facto encampment for hostage vigils, installations, and demonstrations—looked relieved but strained.
—Dahlia Scheindlin / Tel Aviv, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The Australian government advises its citizens against traveling to Ukraine to fight, but some have nonetheless chosen to volunteer with international brigades.
—Eric Cheung, CNN, 15 Jan. 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
The project, which has over 1,200 submissions, has evolved to include an army of volunteers who scrape data from Zillow and report violations to the city’s 311 hotline, the LA County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs, and the state Attorney General’s office.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
Two hours after the news broke, Israeli volunteers in Hostage Square—the Tel Aviv plaza that has become a de facto encampment for hostage vigils, installations, and demonstrations—looked relieved but strained.
—Dahlia Scheindlin / Tel Aviv, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
Wells’ journey began as as a high school history and psychology teacher before volunteering for, and eventually becoming the executive director and chief empowerment officer of Just in Time for Foster Youth.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The Australian government advises its citizens against traveling to Ukraine to fight, but some have nonetheless chosen to volunteer with international brigades.
—Eric Cheung, CNN, 15 Jan. 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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Verb
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Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 and later pregnancy complications caused high blood pressure that damaged her remaining kidney, which eventually failed, a rare circumstance among living donors.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Merry says items that don’t serve a practical purpose and don’t have any sentimental value are probably best to donate, recycle, or dispose of.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But the idea of displacement, voluntary or otherwise, is horrifying to Jordan and Egypt and likely alarming to other Arab allies of the US, threatening decades of international consensus about the right of Palestinians to a homeland.—
Tim Lister,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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In 1994, the N.C. Poultry Federation adopted voluntary guidelines that said poultry houses should not be built closer than 500 feet to an occupied residence.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2025
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Acquiring Plum gives a veteran guard to the Sparks young core of Rickea Jackson and Cameron Brink and reunites her with her former Aces teammate Dearica Hamby.—
Doug Feinberg,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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The rise in right-wing extremism — not least in Germany, where the far-right AfD party is running second in the polls — gives The Investigation a current relevance, but director Kahl says current politics was not on his mind.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Butler was willing to fly separately, but the Heat told him not to bother, opting to suspend him instead.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The only player in that group the Nuggets likely would be willing to part with is Porter.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Tariffs, however, might have the biggest impact on the economy and financial institutions globally. — CNBC’s Sam Meredith, Ryan Ermey, Annie Nova, Rebecca Picciotto, Evelyn Cheng and Lim Hui Jie contributed to this report.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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Fox News' Taylor Penley contributed to this report.—
Greg Norman,
Fox News,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Volunteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteer. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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