BESTOWERS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

bestowers

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plural of bestower

as in givers

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Noun

The Post found Republican-leaning donors gave $880 million in the first half of 2026 while Democratic-leaning givers donated $290 million.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 27 July 2026
The survey found 51% of gift-givers used group gifting in 2026, a 287% increase from 2024.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of givers

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But while the group tries to expand its outreach, some of the program’s largest benefactors are moving on.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
The park around the corner lists one of its benefactors as Todd Graves, the LSU donor and CEO of the Raising Cane’s chicken fingers empire.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of benefactors

Noun

Interest groups play an outsize role in national elections, politicians spend their time on calls with wealthy donors instead of meeting constituents and parties increasingly focus on themselves rather than average Americans.

— Susan Ostermann, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026
Ticket sales will never bring in the kind of money theaters need to sustain a robust slate of diverse programming — that will always have to come from donors.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of donors

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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

Definition of fairy godmothers

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Shortly after securing its first check, Popl raised a friends-and-family round backed by a couple of early angels, including Jason’s father and Popl advisor, Mike Alvarez Cohen.

— Partner Content, Variety, 28 July 2026
Valor’s Antonio Gracias, HubSpot cofounders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, and Cognition CEO Scott Wu are among the angels.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 16 July 2026

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