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
Caught between their academic missions and demands from donors and the government, schools like Harvard are struggling with when to give in and when to stand defiant: how to save their lives without losing their souls.
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
Australia has about 200 anti-D donors who help around 45,000 mothers and babies annually, according to Lifeblood.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
The race is technically nonpartisan but has turned into a de facto partisan contest with millions of dollars flooding in from billionaire donors and outside special interest groups.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Mar. 2025
For the most common type of transplant, when a person receives a liver from a deceased donor, the one-year survival rate is 86 percent and the five-year survival rate is 72 percent.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
Australia has about 200 anti-D donors who help around 45,000 mothers and babies annually, according to Lifeblood.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
The race is technically nonpartisan but has turned into a de facto partisan contest with millions of dollars flooding in from billionaire donors and outside special interest groups.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Mar. 2025
For the most common type of transplant, when a person receives a liver from a deceased donor, the one-year survival rate is 86 percent and the five-year survival rate is 72 percent.
—Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Feb. 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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But after signing his present and future lives away, this holy fool is at the mercy of his benefactors.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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In her review of The Brutalist, Los Angeles Times critic Amy Nicholson cleverly pointed out how Michelangelo ran up against his benefactors in much the same way as the film's László.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The natural witch hazel will help purify skin by removing bacteria and excess sebum, the biggest contributor to breakouts.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Feb. 2025
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Every product was determined to have excelled in each category by our editorial team, which is composed of in-house writers and editors as well as contributors — along with special consideration from dermatologists.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
28 Feb. 2025
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Among them: Did Wood continue to fire his weapon after shooting Castellanos, striking one of the bar patrons?—
Charles Rabin and,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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But according to countless home bakers and thousands of patrons of the Barefoot Contessa store in the Hamptons, the search can stop at Ina Garten’s Outrageous Brownies.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Donor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donor. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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