BENEFACTRESSES Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

benefactresses

noun

plural of benefactress

as in fairy godmothers

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Storybook performances are the heartbeat of March Madness, but unlike the actual Cinderella, college basketball teams with aspirations to make a splash in the Big Dance don’t have fairy godmothers to cover the costs of running a basketball program.

— Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
And with that, the modern Cinderella story continues—proving that sometimes, magic is less about fairy godmothers and more about persistence, pivots, and the courage to start building your own AI Agent.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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While both cast themselves as fighters against corruption in Washington, Manzur has argued that Pappas has long been beholden to political donors, particularly the pro-Israel lobby.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
There could be a day in the near future when pig kidney transplants could be regularly used as a bridge to human donors.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

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Dolly Parton, one of the greatest benefactors to children in world history while also being a role model to those who were without them, had died at 80.

— Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
There have been years of public outcry, curatorial departures, and lost benefactors; Angelenos had grown proud of the original LACMA campus over time.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of benefactors

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These are people who are taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from their billionaire sugar daddies, like Harlan Crow.

— NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
What was once an eye-catching clique of wayward teens bathed in purple hues has metamorphosed into a barren hellscape rife with drug-smuggling cartels, pistol-packin’ pimps, sugar daddies with mummification kinks and online streamers.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 May 2026

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