as in donors
one that helps another with gifts or money
an anonymous benefactor gave the school a dozen new computers
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Recent Examples of benefactors
With no ground to generate revenue, and limited gate receipts, Enfield FC rely on benefactors putting large sums of money into the club — not uncommon at this level.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The cartoon continues to relish poking its corporate benefactors.
—Nick Marx, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Occasionally, museums will work with benefactors to put up bids for their collections.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
The industry is already seeing certain countries become huge benefactors of brands shifting production from one country to another.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
Those are just some of the bribes Manhattan prosecutors allege Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Adams’ longtime political confidante, pocketed over a years-long period in exchange for doling out government favors to her benefactors, like city contracts and expedited building permits.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
The administration’s powerful fossil fuel benefactors.
—Ryan Gellert, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
And the grants for the governor's program are restricted to helping 4-year-olds, which would exclude many of ECI's benefactors.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Alex and she thanks her benefactors.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
Michael Cox, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
The cartoon continues to relish poking its corporate benefactors.
—Nick Marx, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Occasionally, museums will work with benefactors to put up bids for their collections.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
The industry is already seeing certain countries become huge benefactors of brands shifting production from one country to another.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
Those are just some of the bribes Manhattan prosecutors allege Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Adams’ longtime political confidante, pocketed over a years-long period in exchange for doling out government favors to her benefactors, like city contracts and expedited building permits.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
The administration’s powerful fossil fuel benefactors.
—Ryan Gellert, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
And the grants for the governor's program are restricted to helping 4-year-olds, which would exclude many of ECI's benefactors.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Alex and she thanks her benefactors.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benefactors
donors
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If the city had some kind of fair rules and guidelines, the La Jolla donors would have to donate the funds to the city of San Diego to be placed into a city library fund where donations were collected for all nine council districts.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her organization has created an artificial intelligence program that can match requests for grants with potential donors.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Benefactors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benefactors. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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