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
Today’s giving, especially by affluent donors, often goes beyond one-off, occasional gifts, as valuable as those are.
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William Jarvis, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Heritage Action’s tactics so infuriated the Republican leadership that Sen. Mitch McConnell called on Heritage donors to stop funding the group.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Heritage Action’s tactics so infuriated the Republican leadership that Senator Mitch McConnell called on Heritage donors to stop funding the group.
—Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Conway is also a large donor to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
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William Jarvis, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Heritage Action’s tactics so infuriated the Republican leadership that Sen. Mitch McConnell called on Heritage donors to stop funding the group.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
Heritage Action’s tactics so infuriated the Republican leadership that Senator Mitch McConnell called on Heritage donors to stop funding the group.
—Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Conway is also a large donor to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for donor
Noun
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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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The species was named in honor of Johanna Rebecca Senckenberg (1716–1743), a benefactor whose support for science and medicine helped lay the foundation for the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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The second-most popular reason, at 28%, was not having a relationship with their benefactors’ advisor.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
16 Oct. 2025
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As the White House had announced, Amazon was a major corporate contributor in helping to defray those costs.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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Boogie Basham, who is on the practice squad, is a replacement level contributor at best.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The place is the Savin Bar + Kitchen, in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, where immediately inside the front door, patrons are greeted by a larger-than-life framed mugshot of Bulger — the mob-boss, murderer, bank robber, drug dealer and extortionist — peering cooly out from under his fedora.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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On May 5, 2024, patrons called police to report a security guard pointing a rifle at people.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Donor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donor. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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