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
The second-most popular reason, at 28%, was not having a relationship with their benefactors’ advisor.
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Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
But the arrangement could create an appearance of a conflict of interest, as Anderson’s office has steered public dollars to a business owned by a family who have been his political benefactors.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Signed last week, on the same day that the Department of Justice indicted James Comey, it is designed to facilitate the transfer of a social-media platform with a hundred and seventy million American users to a consortium that features several of the President’s political and financial benefactors.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Moreover, as the show delves into the mystery behind the academy’s founding and its benefactors, Evelyn’s manipulation tactics become apparent, wedging even the closest pupils apart and establishing a hierarchy among the Tall Pines Academy staff.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
But the arrangement could create an appearance of a conflict of interest, as Anderson’s office has steered public dollars to a business owned by a family who have been his political benefactors.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Signed last week, on the same day that the Department of Justice indicted James Comey, it is designed to facilitate the transfer of a social-media platform with a hundred and seventy million American users to a consortium that features several of the President’s political and financial benefactors.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Moreover, as the show delves into the mystery behind the academy’s founding and its benefactors, Evelyn’s manipulation tactics become apparent, wedging even the closest pupils apart and establishing a hierarchy among the Tall Pines Academy staff.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for benefactors
donors
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Taking the stage at his campaign’s watch party, the 34-year-old Democrat celebrated his win while taking aim at the wealthy donors who had bankrolled his opponent, independent candidate and former New York governor Andrew Cuomo.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Still, there was no universal standard to define the severity of hunger crises — making coordination among donors and aid groups difficult.—
Nurith Aizenman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Benefactors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/benefactors. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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