How to Use donor in a Sentence
donor
noun- She is one of the charity's major donors.
- The money was raised from individual donors.
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Robert Tillis wasn’t a Trump donor at the time of the sale.
—Zach Everson, Forbes, 18 July 2022
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The sperm donor has the legal right to fight for parental rights of the child.
—Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
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The teams sought out donors for each turnover the Batesville and Milan teams forced.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
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In Chris Perez, Steve Sanders found a kidney donor — and a friend.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 24 Mar. 2022
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This means that their stem cells are used rather than donor cells.
—Sarah Hudgens, Health, 23 Sep. 2024
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The eight donor centers are open for 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2023
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The donor, who remains anonymous, wrote a $1,000 check.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2022
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Failing to pay donors has killed a whole lot of people.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 18 Sep. 2024
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His prognosis is good, Dr. Singh says – the donor heart should last for more than 25 years.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
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The whiz kid at the center of the FTX collapse has been a big-time Democratic donor.
—John Fund, National Review, 21 Nov. 2022
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The other fund, the Rudy Giuliani Freedom Fund, does not disclose the donors or the amount raised.
—Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 1 May 2024
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Among this group of donors are CEOs, lawyers and racehorse owners.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
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The United States was, by far, the largest donor, giving $7.2 billion.
—Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
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First, donors inspired by the cause put their money behind the project.
—Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Goodwill’s New Lives Campaign struck a chord with donors and thrifters.
—Sughnen Yongo, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
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One team works on the donor, while the other two perform the transplant surgeries.
—Sydney Page, Washington Post, 22 June 2022
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The goal of the device was to keep the patient alive long enough to receive a donor heart to be transplanted.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2025
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The trip has become an annual one for the Bidens, who in the past have stayed at a wealthy donor's home on the island.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Any money left over when the donor passes away goes to the charity.
—Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2023
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The donors’ backlash has become a serious PR headache for the schools.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
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Please keep the prayers coming for Scot, the surgeons, for the donor and his family who lost their loved one.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
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Elon Musk became one of the largest donors of the entire 2024 election cycle in just three months.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
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The United Nations has called for donors to help rebuild Jenin.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
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The anonymous donor wanted to make sure the phrase wasn’t monetized for the wrong reasons.
—Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
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Four of them were gifted to the Asian Art Museum by a major donor.
—Chloe Veltman, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
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Bush is not the only big-time donor to Mealer's campaign with roots in the small West Texas town of Midland.
—Michael Murney, Chron, 1 Nov. 2022
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On Tuesday of this week, two more pledges were made from local donors totaling another $1 million.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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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.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
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