altruist

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for altruist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for altruist
Noun
  • Find this story at Iowa Capital Dispatch, which is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity.
    Clark Kauffman, Des Moines Register, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The church says the $7 million project would be mostly donor-funded, though Neighbors said the cost may have gone up since his initial estimate.
    Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Suarez is permitted to accept such gifts as long as they are disclosed, as this gift was, and the giver is not a city lobbyist.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Lopedote, who lived in Havelock, is remembered as a loving caretaker, generous cook and homemade gift-giver in an online obituary.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Axelrod had been a major art collector and a benefactor for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Blue looks to be the most likely benefactor of the opportunity.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 2 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Keating Five banking scandal of the 1980s reshaped the Senate, damaging the careers of most of the prominent senators who intervened with regulators to help a campaign contributor later convicted of fraud.
    Brandon Rottinghaus, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Still, social scientists consider the feeling of not belonging to a friend group to be a notable contributor to loneliness.
    Jenny Singer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • That support includes access to the Earthshot Prize’s ambitious global network of businesses, philanthropists, investors and environmental organizations committed to climate action.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The nonprofit is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a gala on November 4, hosted by longtime music artists and Nashville philanthropists Amy Grant and Vince Gill, at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum.
    Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Altruist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruist. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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