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Recent Examples of altruist
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.
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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
Effective altruists, by contrast, tended to jump at such opportunities — after all, 10 percent better conditions for animals, while hardly perfect, is still better.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
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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
Effective altruists, by contrast, tended to jump at such opportunities — after all, 10 percent better conditions for animals, while hardly perfect, is still better.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altruist
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An anonymous blog suggested Borowsky was trying to benefit her friend and campaign donor, David Hovey Jr., who is chief operating officer at Optima Inc., the firm behind the luxury Optima apartments near Scottsdale Fashion Square.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Judy Orr, the executive director of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Nashville, in an email sent out last week appealed to donors and volunteers for help.—
Kelly Puente,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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The pup, described as a giver on the hospital's website, loves to gift toys and is known to be always smiling.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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Research shows that receiving even a small act of kindness has a much greater impact on us than the giver might expect.—
Katharine Esty,
CNBC,
11 June 2025
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At my church, First Congregational Church of Woodbury, an 18th-century bequest stipulated that the parsonage reverts to the donor’s heirs if the church deviates from the theological intent of the benefactor, the Rev. Noah Benedict.—
The Rev. Jake Dell,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
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Republicans had their run with a wealthy benefactor, one-term venture capitalist Gov. Bruce Rauner.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Andrea Ruth is a contributor to the Washington Examiner magazine.—
Andrea Ruth,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2025
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Left unchecked, proximity bias can create inequity, restrict knowledge transfer and marginalize remote contributors even when metrics suggest their performance is equal or greater.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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In the '80s, Aklilu left Italy to find a new life in the United States, going on to become a successful restaurateur, philanthropist and activist.—
Susan Young,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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MacKenzie Scott, a philanthropist and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is one of the major donors.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Altruist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altruist. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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