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Recent Examples of contribute Fox News Digital's Alex Koch contributed to this article. Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025 Editor’s note: This information was contributed by Our Companions Animal Sanctuary. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025 Native fungi have developed over thousands of years to contribute to their local ecosystems, writes Aishwarya Veerabahu, a botanist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and study co-author, in the Conversation. Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025 Research suggests that consumption of this legume may contribute to a longer life by potentially protecting against certain cancers, heart disease, and diabetes.2930 12. Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for contribute
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Verb
  • The report highlights that to date, the Certified B-Corp company has donated 1,500,000 trees and reforested nine million square meters.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • Matthew Suarez, the CBP’s acting director of field operations in Baltimore, urged the public to donate money or time to animal shelters in a post on social media platform X.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 13 July 2025
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  • Ader, who began volunteering nine years ago, started by donating items and later decided to become more hands-on.
    Ava Nightingale, Freep.com, 18 July 2025
  • If folks will volunteer, it can be composed of two- or three-member teams of neighbors patrolling, if possible, at the approximate times these crimes are occurring.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2025
Verb
  • After the winners were announced, the couples were given two envelopes, one of which contained the $100,000 cash prize and the other didn’t.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • The ranges are sourced from quarterly tax documents, and employers must give their permission for the department to release their names.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2025
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  • The village’s economic incentive award program provides financial assistance to eligible new or expanding businesses in the downtown tax increment financing district.
    Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
  • Investigators determined that the Ethiopia and Indonesia crashes were caused by a system that relied on a sensor that provided faulty readings and pushed the plane noses down, leaving pilots unable to regain control.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2025
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  • Alcaraz will present a far more mobile unit of magic tricks.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • When presented with a Miranda Warning form, the Baltimore native refused to sign it, police say.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025

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