sperm donor

noun

: a man who gives his sperm usually to a sperm bank so that it can be used to help women get pregnant

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Watching their relationship devolve (never more so than when their sperm donor, a rakish, motorcycle-driving restaurant owner played by Mark Ruffalo, enters the scene) is most definitely a tear-jerking experience, as is the film’s final scene. Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026 But for me, my sperm donor was a drug addict and drug dealer and went to jail for that. Grace Byron, New Yorker, 14 June 2026 Choosing my sperm donor wasn’t a candles, lobsters, and chocolates kind of affair. Angela Hatem, Parents, 9 June 2026 Well, Buck made the big decision to become Theo's foster dad following the death of the little boy's parents, a situation made all the more complex since Buck was the couple's sperm donor. Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sperm donor

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“Sperm donor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sperm%20donor. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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