CONTRIBUTED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

contributed

verb

past tense of contribute

as in donated

to make a donation as part of a group effort would you like to contribute to the Thanksgiving fund for needy families?

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as in volunteered

to make a present of contributes money to a variety of worthy causes

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Recent Examples of contributed Information for this article was contributed by Derek Gatopoulos of The Associated Press. — Costas Kantouris, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026 Tom Winter, Emilie Plesset, Cristian Santana, Michelle Acevedo and Dennis Romero contributed. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2026 The compounds have not been confirmed to have caused or contributed to the deaths, as the autopsies and toxicology reports have not yet been released. — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026 OutKick's Ryan Gaydos and The Associated Press contributed to this report. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Associated Press writer Derek Gatopoulos in Athens contributed to this report. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 Donors who contributed to the fundraiser received access to exclusive merchandise created for the campaign, including a new T-shirt designed by Varga. — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2026

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Husted has donated remaining Wexner contributions to an anti-human trafficking charity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Kao and his close associates donated nearly $900,000 to dozens of politicians, allowing Navatek to establish operations in half a dozen states with more than $40 million a year in government funds.

— Katie Nixdorf, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of donated

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The Rulebook Is Behind The Technology Seat belts did not become standard because manufacturers volunteered.

— Alan Rencher, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Charity and neighborliness helped a lot — many victims are still thankful to churches and neighbors that volunteered their labor, according to Whitney Bailey, a disaster response project director at AppalReD Legal Aid.

— Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of volunteered

Verb

Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026

Definition of gave

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Their navies then carried out a joint maritime patrol in the Pacific in July, with both operations presented as efforts to improve interoperability and joint operational capabilities.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
During the festival, honorary awards were presented to Julianne Moore, Tom Hiddleston, Naomi Watts, John Turturro and other luminaries.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of presented

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The Navy has provided limited information about the aircraft because its technical and program details remain classified.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Garces-Perez allegedly provided his driver’s license, but ignored agents’ requests to step out of the car.

— Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

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