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
The school will close its doors at the end of its current semester after coming up with just over $2 million from roughly 200 donors, university officials said at the close of their two week campaign.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
But the Ilitch family still got its massive tax incentives in 2023 from the city for the project, which partners with another billionaire, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, a University of Michigan graduate and mega donor.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
In 2017, after the Wire ran a story examining questionable business dealings by Amit Shah’s son, Modi’s ministers began pressuring donors who sustain the site to stop providing funding.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Lara’s policy change, now in effect, will undoubtedly endear him to homeowners in high-risk areas (read: voters) and to realtors, mortgage bankers and builders (read: donors) whose revenues all suffer when large swaths of the state are deemed uninsurable deathtraps.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
But the Ilitch family still got its massive tax incentives in 2023 from the city for the project, which partners with another billionaire, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, a University of Michigan graduate and mega donor.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
In 2017, after the Wire ran a story examining questionable business dealings by Amit Shah’s son, Modi’s ministers began pressuring donors who sustain the site to stop providing funding.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Lara’s policy change, now in effect, will undoubtedly endear him to homeowners in high-risk areas (read: voters) and to realtors, mortgage bankers and builders (read: donors) whose revenues all suffer when large swaths of the state are deemed uninsurable deathtraps.
—Max Taves, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for donor
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While Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream quickly sold out the St. James Theatre, donations of $5 to $25 to the Fund enters donators will be entered for a chance to win a front row pair of tickets.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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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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Based on industries listed in the regulations targeted by Trump, owners of coal plants are among the potential benefactors.—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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The institute’s primary benefactor was Peter Thiel, a billionaire venture capitalist and the co-founder of PayPal who donated more than $1.25 million to the organization and related projects.—
Ian Urbina,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Debates surrounding creative integrity aside, AI is known to be a major contributor to climate change, which many scientists say had a direct effect in worsening the recent rash of fires that destroyed many neighborhoods surrounding Los Angeles.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
29 Apr. 2025
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Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Venmo, long a centerpiece of PayPal’s growth story but often criticized for its lack of monetization, is becoming a bigger contributor to the business.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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Starbucks reverses open-door policy: Buy something or leave Customer cites ‘gray area’ and ‘human element’ to Starbucks pool of patrons Cat Wack, 35, lives in the Glen Allen, Virginia area, about 14 miles northwest of Richmond, the state capital.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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But imagine a different encounter than the one in the gallery, in front of pictures mostly painted for private patrons.—
Jason Farago,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Donor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donor. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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