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Recent Examples of altruist
Extraordinary altruists care deeply about the welfare of others — including those who have no connection to them.
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Stephanie O'Neill, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
But to buy the property at current market rates without jacking up rents, even an altruist would have to come up with some unlikely financial wizardry.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Education is the cause most favored by altruists on the list.
—Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Didn’t effective altruists do a bunch of crimes a few years ago?
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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Stephanie O'Neill, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
But to buy the property at current market rates without jacking up rents, even an altruist would have to come up with some unlikely financial wizardry.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Education is the cause most favored by altruists on the list.
—Forbes Press Releases, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Didn’t effective altruists do a bunch of crimes a few years ago?
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altruist
Noun
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The committee has raised more than $35,000 from about 50 individual donors.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Last week, a court order forced the release of a contract that hid the identities of donors to Trumps ballroom project.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The gift giver is married; her husband and my fiancé are friends as well.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
9 May 2026
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The gift giver is married; her husband and my fiancé are friends.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
Noun
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These include decisions by a hostile California judiciary which, especially in the last two decades, have sided with the government and its special interest benefactors by creating loopholes that significantly weakened taxpayer protections that had stood for over 40 years.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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The filmmakers reserved their incisive commentary not for Wintour or her staff, but for their notable friends and benefactors The Bezoses.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Food waste is a major contributor to trash dumped in landfills.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Within the Democratic ranks, those who want a candidate with very similar policies to Newsom are a little more for former HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, while Democrats who want someone with different policies are a bit more for philanthropist Tom Steyer.—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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This year’s honorees included Isaac Gonzales (Homeboy Hero), JacQueena Matthews Haynes (Homegirl Hero), Lauren Tom (Community Honoree) and philanthropists Melanie and Richard Lundquist (Kinship Honorees).—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Altruist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruist. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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