bestower

Definition of bestowernext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestower
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
  • 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
  • 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
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“Bestower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestower. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.

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