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Recent Examples of Synonyms for almsgivers
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Storybook performances are the heartbeat of March Madness, but unlike the actual Cinderella, college basketball teams with aspirations to make a splash in the Big Dance don’t have fairy godmothers to cover the costs of running a basketball program.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026 -
And with that, the modern Cinderella story continues—proving that sometimes, magic is less about fairy godmothers and more about persistence, pivots, and the courage to start building your own AI Agent.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
24 May 2026
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Sanders needs Alabama’s gravitas or Texas Tech’s sugar daddies.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
29 Nov. 2025
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The National Science Foundation has funded projects that developed the mathematics behind how kidneys get matched to donors and research tracking how extreme weather reshapes communities.—
Remy Dou,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
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The organization says 169 individual donors have pitched in to help cover the costs, along with several businesses.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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The trust buys land in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, using private donations, often from large foundations, philanthropists, tech leaders and state agencies, and sells it at or below cost to agencies like the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Many converted to Catholicism, including wealthy philanthropists.—
Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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And then from behind him came Miuccia Prada, the co-creative director and owner of her namesake brand, one of the world’s great art collectors and high-cultural benefactors.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
9 June 2026
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The question is, will their billionaire benefactors be so quick to write checks this time after coming up short again.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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“Almsgivers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/almsgivers. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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