as in to donate
to make a present of
trained tax consultants who volunteer their services at tax time
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as in voluntary
done, made, or given with one's own free will
volunteer work at the hospital
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Recent Examples of volunteer
Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Certain employees, volunteers, and contractors who have undergone a background check with City Schools could have also been impacted.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Soon, locals began stepping forward and volunteered to become adopters.
—Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
Dylan Slagle, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
Glauner noted that Fire Station 1, at 4383 Center Road, was built in 1960 with additional bays installed in the 1970s, at a time when the department was all-volunteer.
—Brian Lisik, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2022
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Noun
California joined a coalition of states Tuesday in suing the Trump administration over massive cuts to AmeriCorps, the federal program that each year deploys hundreds of thousands of volunteers to natural disaster sites and needy communities nationwide, state Atty.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Certain employees, volunteers, and contractors who have undergone a background check with City Schools could have also been impacted.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
Alex Brandon | Afp | Getty Images The Trump administration is now offering $1,000 stipends and travel assistance to undocumented immigrants who volunteer to depart the U.S. for their countries of origin.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Soon, locals began stepping forward and volunteered to become adopters.
—Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
Adjective
The fire company is the only one in Carroll County that is completely volunteer run, with no career fire personnel.
—Dylan Slagle, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2022
Glauner noted that Fire Station 1, at 4383 Center Road, was built in 1960 with additional bays installed in the 1970s, at a time when the department was all-volunteer.
—Brian Lisik, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for volunteer
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James Su, president of EDI Media in West Covina, donated $500 to Wang’s campaign on Oct. 10, 2022.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Alice Walton, the billionaire Walmart heiress, donated another $100,000 last month, and scores of executives in the real estate and financial sectors have given even more to pro-Cuomo efforts.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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At least 2,000 of the agency's roughly 6,100 full-time employees have either left or plan to leave under the waves of terminations and voluntary retirements ordered by Elon Musk’s Department of Governmental Efficiency, Coen told USA TODAY.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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When Trump revoked California’s authority to set its own tailpipe standards during his first term, California sued, and cut its own voluntary agreements with automakers.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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Haack has also moved on with boyfriend Christopher Larocca, CEO and president of Network Connex, and has been giving her followers a look at their relationship on social media.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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While disruptive to e-commerce, the end of de minimis treatment of Chinese goods could give a boost to retailers less reliant on e-commerce or on Chinese manufacturing.—
Helen Reid,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
Adjective
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The Supreme Court sounded willing to allow an Atlanta family to sue the FBI for compensation over the mistaken search of their home, but reluctant to define how much protection law enforcement officers deserve in carrying out their jobs.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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Masha is willing to try anything in the interest of healing everyone involved, including herself.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Reporting by the Associated Press contributed to this story.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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The group specifically cited CalSTRS investing in such corporations as Palantir Technologies, Elbit Systems, Caterpillar, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Maersk as contributing to the death of more than 50,000 Palestinian people.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2025
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“Volunteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volunteer. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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